beatings

/หˆbiหtษชล‹z/

IPA: /B IY1 T IH0 NG Z/

noun
  1. 1

    The action by which someone or something is beaten.

    โ€œsecret beatings of prisonersโ€

  2. 2

    A heavy defeat or setback.

  3. 3

    The pulsation of the heart.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beating, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beatings