beating (verb)
91paddle — I. /ˈpædl / (say padl) noun 1. a short oar held in the hands (not resting in the rowlock) and used especially for propelling canoes. 2. one of the broad boards on the circumference of a paddlewheel; a float. 3. a paddlewheel. 4. one of the… …
92pound — I. /paʊnd / (say pownd) verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to force (a way) by battering. 3. to crush by beating, as with an instrument; pulverise. –verb (i) 4. to… …
93ruffle — I. /ˈrʌfəl / (say rufuhl) verb (ruffled, ruffling) –verb (t) 1. to destroy the smoothness or evenness of: the wind ruffled the sand. 2. (of a bird) to erect (the feathers), as in aggressive display. 3. to annoy, disturb, discompose, or irritate.… …
94tew — I. ˈt(y)ü verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English tewen, alteration of tawen more at taw transitive verb 1. obsolete : t …
95beat out — transitive verb Date: 1606 1. to make or perform by or as if by beating 2. to mark or accompany by beating 3. to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base …
96bastinado — I. noun or bastinade (plural nadoes or nades) Etymology: Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, from Late Latin bastum Date: 1572 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel 2. a. a beating especially with a stick b …
97dolly — I. noun (plural dollies) Date: 1790 1. doll 2. a wooden pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub 3. a compact narrow gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching 4.… …
98drum — I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch trom; akin to Middle High German trumme drum Date: 1539 1. a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or… …
99hollow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English holw, holh, from Old English holh hole, hollow more at hole Date: before 12th century 1. an unfilled space ; cavity, hole 2. a depressed or low part of a surface; especially a small valley or basin II …
100pound — I. noun (plural pounds; also pound) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pund, from Latin pondo pound, from ablative of pondus weight more at pendant Date: before 12th century 1. any of various units of mass and weight; specifically a unit …
