beating (verb)

  • 71bastinado — 1. noun a) A blow with a stick or cudgel. b) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet. 2. verb To punish someone by …

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  • 72Glossary of professional wrestling terms — Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in references, and jargon.[1] Much of it stems from the industry s origins in the days of carnivals and circuses,[2] and the slang itself is often referred to as carny talk. In… …

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  • 73defeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. thwart, frustrate, foil, outwit; rout, conquer, overcome, beat, vanquish, subdue, lick (inf.). n. frustration, setback, loss, rout, vanquishment. See failure, success, confutation. Ant., surrender …

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  • 74hammer — [[t]hæ̱mə(r)[/t]] hammers, hammering, hammered 1) N COUNT A hammer is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces. He… …

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  • 75head — [[t]he̱d[/t]] ♦ heads, heading, headed (Head is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression off the top of your head is explained at top .) 1) N COUNT Your head is the …

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  • 76bas|ti|na|do — «BAS tuh NAY doh», noun, plural does, verb, doed, do|ing. –n. 1. a) a beating with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet. b) such a beating, or a beating of the upper thighs and buttocks, or both, as a kind of punishment, still used in… …

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  • 77Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …

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  • 78start — 1 verb 1 BEGIN DOING STH (I, T) to begin doing something: start doing sth: I ve just started learning German. | We d better start getting dressed soon. | start to do sth: When Tom heard this he started to laugh uncontrollably. | Things started to …

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  • 79sound — 1 /saUnd/ noun 1 SENSATION (U) something that you hear, or what can be heard: strange sounds coming from the next room (+ of): the sound of voices | not make a sound (=keep quiet): Don t make a sound, any of you! | Light travels faster than sound …

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  • 80sound — I. /saʊnd / (say sownd) noun 1. the sensation produced in the organs of hearing when certain vibrations (soundwaves) are caused in the surrounding air or other elastic medium, as by a vibrating body. 2. the vibrations in the air, or vibrational… …