a punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly
if he got dirt on his clothes he'd get a beating
torture methods included beating
pulsation or throbbing, especially of the heart
strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip
if we were caught we were beaten
the victims were beaten to death with baseball bats
they beat me with a stick and punched me
succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone)
the defender beat him to the ball
sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking
we beat southwards all that first day