What does "beating" mean?
Beating: Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
Additional senses
- 2.(Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
- 3.(Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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