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Term: beating

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "beating": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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  2. beating

beating

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of overcoming or outdoing
  2. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Verb

  1. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  2. Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  3. Hit repeatedly
  4. Move rhythmically
  5. Shape by beating
  6. Make a rhythmic sound
  7. Glare or strike with great intensity
  8. Move with a thrashing motion
  9. Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
  10. Stir vigorously
  11. Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
  12. Be superior
  13. Avoid paying
  14. Make a sound like a clock or a timer
  15. Move with a flapping motion
  16. Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  17. Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  18. Make by pounding or trampling
  19. Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
  20. Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  21. Beat through cleverness and wit
  22. Be a mystery or bewildering to
  23. Wear out completely
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "beating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 beating 2 13
2 beatings 2 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "beating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 burning 2 49
2 bearing 2 25
3 boating 2 23
4 blowing 2 19
5 bathing 2 15
6 batting 2 15
7 begging 2 10
8 boiling 2 9
9 backing 2 8
10 bidding 2 7
11 beaming 2 6
12 biting 2 6
13 booking 2 6
14 buzzing 2 6
15 abiding 3 5
16 betting 2 5
17 bombing 2 5
18 boring 2 5
19 baking 2 4
20 banging 2 4
21 basing 2 4
22 billing 2 4
23 bucking 2 4
24 bailing 2 3
25 barring 2 3
26 bedding 2 3
27 bobbing 2 3
28 bugging 2 3
29 balking 2 1
30 balling 2 1
31 banning 2 1
32 beaching 2 1
33 bluing 2 1
34 booming 2 1
35 brewing 2 1
36 budding 2 1
37 burrowing 3 1
38 butting 2 1
39 abating 3 0
40 abetting 3 0
41 abutting 3 0
42 bagging 2 0
43 baiting 2 0
44 baling 2 0
45 baring 2 0
46 bashing 2 0
47 beefing 2 0
48 beeping 2 0
49 behling 2 0
50 behning 2 0
51 behring 2 0
52 belling 2 0
53 bening 2 0
54 benning 2 0
55 bering 2 0
56 berling 2 0
57 berning 2 0
58 bicking 2 0
59 biding 2 0
60 biking 2 0
61 binning 2 0
62 birthing 2 0
63 bitching 2 0
64 bitting 2 0
65 blueing 2 0
66 blurring 2 0
67 boeding 2 0
68 boehning 2 0
69 bogging 2 0
70 bohling 2 0
71 bohning 2 0
72 boling 2 0
73 bolling 2 0
74 boning 2 0
75 booting 2 0
76 boozing 2 0
77 botting 2 0
78 bowling 2 0
79 bowring 2 0
80 bowsing 2 0
81 budging 2 0
82 bunning 2 0
83 burling 2 0
84 burping 2 0
85 busing 2 0
86 bussing 2 0
87 ebeling 3 0
88 eberling 3 0
89 ebling 3 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "beating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 eating 2 32
2 bearing 2 25
3 heating 2 24
4 boating 2 23
5 breathing 2 21
6 batting 2 15
7 bathing 2 15
8 beaming 2 6
9 seating 2 5
10 betting 2 5
11 beatings 2 2
12 basting 2 2
13 belting 2 1
14 berating 3 0
15 breasting 2 0
16 keating 2 0
17 elating 3 0
18 besting 2 0
19 baiting 2 0
20 abating 3 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "beating" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "beating" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "beating" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "beating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 boating 2 23
2 batting 2 15
3 betting 2 5
4 basting 2 2
5 belting 2 1
6 bolting 2 1
7 butting 2 1
8 baiting 2 0
9 besting 2 0
10 bitting 2 0
11 booting 2 0
12 botting 2 0
13 bruting 2 0
14 bunting 2 0
15 busting 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 25

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 89

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 15

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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