I waited for the curtain to rise with my heart beating in excitement.
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Beating
//ˈbiːtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "beating" (270 found)
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corporal punishmentcowhidingcrackcrashcrumblingcrushingcudgelingcutcycliccyclicaldancedashdeathblowdebacledefeasancedefeatdestructiondetritiondigdint
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discomfituredisintegrationdowncastdownfalldrubdrubbingdrumdrum musicdrumbeatdrumfiredrummingepochalevenevery otherfailurefallflagellationflailingflapflickerflitflitterfloggingflopflutterflutteringfragmentationfusilladefustigationgranulationgranulizationgratinggrindinghammeringheartbeatheartthrobhidinghithorsewhippingin numbersin rhythmintermittentisochronaljabknocklacinglambastinglashinglatheringlevigationlicklicking
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mashingmasterymeasuredmetricmetricalmetronomicoscillatoryovercomingoverthrowoverturnpalpitantpalpitationparadiddlepatterpeltperiodicperiodicalpistol-whippingpitapatpitter patter
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pitter-patterplunkpokepoundpoundingpowderingpulsatilepulsationpulsativepulsatorypulsepulsingpunchquietusquiverraprat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplanrattattoorawhidingreciprocalrecurrentrecurringresonantrhythmrhythmicrhythmicalrollrotaryroutrub-a-dubruffruffleruinscourgingseasonalserialshakeshellackingshreddingslamslogslugsmacksmashsmashingsockspankingspatterspatteringspluttersplutteringsputtersputteringstaccatosteadystrappingstripesstrokesubdualsubduingsubjugationswatswingswingeingswingingswipeswitchingtaptat-tattattootempothrashingthrumthrummingthumpthumpingthwacktickingtom tomtom-tomtrimmingtriturationtrouncingtruncheoningundoingundulantundulatoryvanquishmentwaterloowavelikewaverwhackwheelingwhippingwhopyerk
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4 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ضَرْب noun (action of the verb to beat)
Armenian
1 entries- ծեծ noun (action of the verb to beat)
Belarusian
3 entries- біццё noun (action of the verb to beat)
- пабiццё noun (action of the verb to beat)
- пабо́i noun (action of the verb to beat)
Bulgarian
4 entries- биене noun (action of the verb to beat)
- бой noun (action of the verb to beat)
- поражение noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- туптене noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- cadra noun (action of the verb to beat)
- carda noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
Catalan
4 entries- batussa noun (action of the verb to beat)
- fart de jacos noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- gec de jacos noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- pallissa noun (action of the verb to beat)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- تێھەڵدان noun (action of the verb to beat)
- لێدان noun (action of the verb to beat)
- لێدان noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Esperanto
2 entries- batado noun (action of the verb to beat)
- batado noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Finnish
4 entries- löylytys noun (action of the verb to beat)
- löylytys noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- selkäsauna noun (action of the verb to beat)
- taonta noun (action of the verb to beat)
French
2 entries- battage noun (action of the verb to beat)
- battement noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Galician
4 entries- batido noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- boura noun (action of the verb to beat)
- latexo noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- malladura noun (action of the verb to beat)
German
4 entries- Herzschlag noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- Prügel noun (action of the verb to beat)
- Schlagen noun (action of the verb to beat)
- Verprüglung noun (action of the verb to beat)
Indonesian
2 entries- pukulan noun (action of the verb to beat)
- tabuhan noun (action of the verb to beat)
Irish
1 entries- greasáil noun (action of the verb to beat)
Italian
4 entries- bastonata noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- bastonatura noun (action of the verb to beat)
- battito noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- sconfitta noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- barapó noun (action of the verb to beat)
Ladino
1 entries- haftona noun (action of the verb to beat)
Malay
3 entries- debar noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- paluan noun (action of the verb to beat)
- pukulan noun (action of the verb to beat)
Norman
4 entries- batt'tie noun (action of the verb to beat)
- dêgraîsseuse noun (action of the verb to beat)
- latteuse noun (action of the verb to beat)
- ronde noun (action of the verb to beat)
Norwegian
1 entries- slag noun (action of the verb to beat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hjerteslag noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hjarteslag noun (the pulsation of the heart)
Polish
3 entries- bicie noun (action of the verb to beat)
- uderzanie noun (action of the verb to beat)
- wpierdol noun (action of the verb to beat)
Portuguese
2 entries- sova noun (action of the verb to beat)
- surra noun (action of the verb to beat)
Russian
4 entries- бие́ние noun (action of the verb to beat)
- бие́ние noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- битьё noun (action of the verb to beat)
- избие́ние noun (action of the verb to beat)
Sardinian
4 entries- antarzu noun (action of the verb to beat)
- batacchio noun (action of the verb to beat)
- cadda noun (action of the verb to beat)
- carda noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
Sassarese
4 entries- adubàda noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- matzucàda noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- matzàda noun (action of the verb to beat)
- sagamàda noun (action of the verb to beat)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȉti noun (action of the verb to beat)
- lupati noun (action of the verb to beat)
- mlatiti noun (action of the verb to beat)
- tući noun (action of the verb to beat)
Spanish
4 entries- golpiza noun (action of the verb to beat)
- latido noun (the pulsation of the heart)
- paliza noun (action of the verb to beat)
- paliza noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
Swahili
1 entries- uchapaji noun (action of the verb to beat)
Tamil
1 entries- அடி noun (action of the verb to beat)
Telugu
1 entries- కొట్టుట noun (action of the verb to beat)
Ukrainian
3 entries- биття́ noun (action of the verb to beat)
- побиття́ noun (action of the verb to beat)
- побі́й noun (action of the verb to beat)
Walloon
2 entries- taene noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
- tatouye noun (a heavy defeat or setback)
Zazaki
1 entries- derb noun (action of the verb to beat)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Stop beating around the bush and give it to me straight!
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Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.
Source: tatoeba (25805)
Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.
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