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    beating
    beat‧ing /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ noun
     Word Family: noun: beat, beating; adjective: beatable ≠ unbeatable, beaten ≠ unbeaten; verb: beat
    1. [countable] an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight:
        a brutal beating
    2. take a beating to lose very badly in a game or competition:
        The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday.
    ⇨ take some beating at beat1(11)