Definition of beating

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beat·ing

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NOUN:

An act of repeated hitting or striking.
A sound defeat.
A sharp reversal; a setback: Stocks took a beating from panicky investors.
A throbbing or pulsation, as of the heart.
Physics The periodic variation in amplitude of a wave produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies, resulting in segments of louder, and then quieter, sound.

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