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beating noun

  /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
  • The pulsation of the heart.
 battage, battement

beat verb

  /biːt/
  • (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
 battre, vaincre, griller, remonter au vent
  • To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
 battre, fouetter
  • To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
 battre, fouetter, se mettre martel en tête
  • (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
  • (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
 battre

beat noun

  /biːt/
  • A pulsation or throb.
 battement
  • (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
 battue
  • (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
 domaine
  • The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
 ronde
  • (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
 secteur

beat adjective

  /biːt/ , /bɛt/
  • (US, _, slang) Exhausted.
 claqué, crevé, épuisé
devil's beating his wife
le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille
beating heart
cœur battant
beating up
tabassage
devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter
le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille
give a beating
casser la gueule
take a beating
prendre cher
wife-beating question
question-piège
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