All beating synonyms
beat·ing
B b noun beating
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- whipping — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- annihilation — the act of annihilating
- bashing — a crushing blow.
- rout — a bellow.
- trouncing — to beat severely; thrash.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- walloping — a vigorous blow.
- pasting — a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
adverb beating
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
adjective beating
- reverberant — reverberating; reechoing: the reverberant booms of cannon.
- ringing — a ringing sound, as of a bell or bells: the ring of sleigh bells.
- plangent — resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- whacking — large.
- sonorant — a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- lashing — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- hitting — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.