n
(slang, vulgar) A very brutal and violent experience.
n
A beating, sometimes prearranged.
n
(figuratively, slang, vulgar) An instance of brutal violence.
n
Alternative form of ass kicking [A beating, sometimes prearranged.]
v
to slap with the back of one's hand
v
To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
n
(informal) A forceful blow or impact.
n
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
n
Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
adj
Alternative form of battling [Nourishing; fattening.]
adv
So as to batter or beat.
n
One who beats people up.
n
A heavy defeat or setback.
adj
(archaic) Flogged, beaten, or bruised
n
(figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
v
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
n
(informal, sports) A wipeout.
n
(informal) One who hits or punches; a fighter.
n
A beating given to someone on their birthday, typically of a number corresponding to their age.
n
A form of re-enacted fighting with foam weapons called boffers.
n
(slang) A beating or flogging.
n
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
n
(slang) A violent physical attack on a person.
n
A light blow or jolting collision.
n
The action of inflicting a severe beating or defeat.
v
To execute such an action.
n
(UK, slang, obsolete) A knock or blow.
n
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
n
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
v
(video games, slang) A beating.
n
(US, historical, of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
n
(by extension) An unexpected defeat or repulse.
n
(prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
n
(obsolete, West Country) A beating, a dusting.
v
(Tyneside) To knock against; to hit, punch
n
A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
v
(Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
n
(obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
v
(transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
v
(transitive) To strike or beat.
n
A sound thrashing, beating.
n
A period of being beaten or hammered.
n
(colloquial, figuratively, countable) A beating or spanking.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A stroke; a blow.
n
A violent assault involving repeated kicks.
n
Alternative spelling of quran thumping [The practise of spreading Islam or quranic principles in an obnoxious or over-zealous manner]
n
A strong hit, the act of hitting someone/something with a piece of wood or club.
v
(dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
n
(informal) A severe beating.
n
(UK, dialectal, chiefly Northern England, archaic) A beating.
n
A light punch or other rough tap, performed in a friendly manner.
n
(informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
n
(humorous) The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e. persisting beyond a reasonable point.
v
(informal) To hit in the head
n
(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.
v
(obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
n
(slang) Defeat, beating.
n
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
n
(boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
adj
Forceful, walloping, hard-hitting
n
(now dialectal) A hard knock.
n
An act in which something or someone is pounded.
n
(figuratively) A person serving as an object of abuse.
n
The practise of spreading Islam or quranic principles in an obnoxious or over-zealous manner
n
A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon
n
(colloquial, dated) A stunning blow.
v
(by extension) To beat, whack, or attack.
n
(historical) The act of cutting off or stabbing a man's buttocks, in ancient times symbolically representing anal rape.
n
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
n
(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
n
(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
v
(US, idiomatic) To make a quick motion to draw one's handgun from its holster, especially in a duel in the Old West.
n
(idiomatic) An overly mild punishment; a reprimand.
n
The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail when being hauled down.
n
(informal) A violent collision experienced by a person.
n
(US) A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
n
Synonym of slap bracelet
n
An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
n
A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
v
To spring or recoil with violence.
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
adj
(archaic) large; whopping
n
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
v
(transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.
n
A beating, especially a severe one.
n
(BDSM) A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area.
n
A person who strikes a resounding blow with an object.
n
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
n
(obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
n
(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.
n
(informal) A threefold blow or setback.
n
(UK, archaic, school slang) A caning.
v
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
n
(figuratively, by extension) A thrashing, serious defeat.
n
(slang) A beating; a thrashing.
v
(dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
v
To cause to have welts; to beat.
n
(slang) whacking; beating
n
a serious or devastating setback
v
(informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
v
Alternative form of beat the pants off [(transitive, idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.]
v
(transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
v
(slang, transitive) To hit extremely hard.
n
(rare humorous slang) Whomping or whomping on; acts of whomping or whomping on, taken collectively.
v
(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, US) To defeat or excel against (someone) in a competitive event.
n
(figuratively, slang, US) An act of beating.
n
Alternative form of whupping [(colloquial) A beating.]
adv
(colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.
n
(slang) thumping; beating
n
Alternative spelling of wifebeater [One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence.]
n
Alternative form of wifebeating [The act or practice of physically assaulting one's wife.]
adj
Alternative form of wife-beating [Prone to physically assaulting one's wife.]
v
To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
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