beating (verb)
31give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …
32beat — verb (past beat; past participle beaten) 1》 strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or punish them. ↘strike repeatedly so as to make a noise. ↘flatten or shape (metal) by striking it repeatedly with a hammer …
33thrash — verb 1》 beat repeatedly and violently with or as with a stick or whip. 2》 move in a violent or uncontrolled way: he lay thrashing around in pain. 3》 informal defeat heavily. 4》 (thrash something out) discuss something frankly and thoroughly,… …
34pulsate — verb (I) 1 to make sounds or movements that are strong and regular like a heart beating: The thumping, pulsating music shook the kitchen walls. 2 literary to be strongly affected by a powerful emotion or feeling (+ with): The whole city seemed to …
35thresh — verb (I, T) to separate the grain from the rest of corn, wheat etc, by beating it with a special tool or machine thresher noun (C) compare thrash 2 …
36thrum — verb thrummed, thrumming (I, T) to make a low sound like something beating or shaking: the deep thrumming of the engine …
37beat the meat — Verb. To masturbate. E.g. My son seems to be preoccupied with beating his meat at every possible hour of the day …
38animate — verb (t) /ˈænəmeɪt / (say anuhmayt) (animated, animating) 1. to give life to; make alive. 2. to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous: *his fine heart still beating stoutly, but unable to animate his blank mind, or to sustain a spirit which had… …
39beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… …
40beat — I. verb (beat; beaten or beat; beating) Etymology: Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan; akin to Old High German bōzan to beat Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to strike repeatedly: a. to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain… …
