Our plans took a real beating from the review committee. [=the review committee strongly criticized our plans]
The reporters gave the politician quite a beating with all their hostile questions.
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beat|ing — … Useful english dictionary
breast-beat|ing — «BREHST BEE tihng», noun, adjective. –n. a loud, and often emotional, public display of grief, regret, or misfortune: »While inquiry into faulty judgment and poor coordination is in order, there is no ground for excessive breast beating over a… … Useful english dictionary
bush-beat|ing — «BUSH BEE tihng», noun. U.S. Slang. a random but thorough search, as for people of talent, dishonesty in government, or other investigative findings … Useful english dictionary
beat — [[t]bit[/t]] v. beat, beat•en beat, beat•ing 1) to strike forcefully and repeatedly: to beat a toy drum[/ex] 2) cvb to hit (a person or animal) repeatedly so as to cause painful injury; thrash (often fol. by up) 3) to dash against: rain beating… … From formal English to slang
beat — 1. To strike; to throb or pulsate. 2. A stroke, impulse, or pulsation, as of the heart or pulse. 3. Activity of a cardiac chamber produced by catching a stimulus generated elsewhere in the … Medical dictionary
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Beat Street — may also refer to Orange Street in Kingston, Jamaica. Infobox Film name = Beat Street caption = Beat Street movie poster director = Stan Lathan producer = Harry Belafonte David V. Picker writer = Andy Davis David Gilbert Paul Golding Steven Hager … Wikipedia
Beat juggling — is the act of manipulating two or more samples (e.g. drum beats, or vocal phrases), in order to create a unique composition, using multiple turntables and one or more mixers. This can involve pauses, scratching, backspins and delays. It could be… … Wikipedia
Beat Hotel — by Harold Norse (1983) Originally published in German translation by Maro Verlag in 1975, harold norse’s Beat Hotel is a significant work not simply as an accomplished collection of cut up routines but also, ultimately, as a record of one of… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
beat n — miss v, without ing a beat, tune n … English expressions
