The meaning of BEATING is an act of striking with repeated blows so as to injure or damage; also : the injury or damage thus inflicted. How to use beating in a sentence.

He escaped a beating. fig. This chair has taken a beating over the years (= been used often and damaged).

Beating definition: the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc... See examples of BEATING used in a sentence.

1. the act of a person or thing that beats. 2. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback. 3. pulsation; throbbing. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries …

If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takes a beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or an election. Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years.

Definition of beating noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun beating, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Many investors took quite a (bad) beating [=lost a lot of money] when the stock market crashed.