reverse search

Comprehensive
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
 
bastinado a blow or beating with a stick or club. [1/4 definitions]
batter1 to beat hard again and again, or to damage by beating. [1/2 definitions]
battered damaged or worn down by hard use. [1/3 definitions]
beat to hurt (someone) by beating (sometimes fol. by "up"). [1/15 definitions]
beater an implement used for beating (sometimes used in combination). [1/4 definitions]
belting a beating or whipping. [1/3 definitions]
churn to produce (butter) by beating or agitating milk or cream. [1/6 definitions]
drubbing a sound beating or defeat, as in an athletic contest.
drum a percussion instrument shaped like a cylinder. A drum has a hollow body covered at one or both ends by a tight material. It is played by beating with sticks or the hands. [1/5 definitions]
drumbone a musical instrument requiring two or three players that is made of joined sections of plastic pipe, two of which slide to alter the pitch of sounds made by beating on the pipe with drumsticks. The drumbone was introduced by the Blue Man Group.
eggbeater a kitchen utensil having rotary blades, and used for beating liquid or semiliquid foods such as cream or eggs.
flutter an irregular beating, as of the heart. [1/9 definitions]
going-over a beating, esp. a severe one. [1/2 definitions]
hell a verbal beating. [1/6 definitions]
hide2 (informal) to give a beating to. [1/3 definitions]
hiding2 a thrashing, flogging, or severe beating.
knock to make a pounding or beating sound. [1/6 definitions]
laminate to form (metal or the like) into a thin layer, by beating or compressing. [1/6 definitions]
lash1 a beating, as though with a whip. [1/8 definitions]
lashing1 a whipping, flogging, or other beating with or as if with a lash. [1/3 definitions]
licking (informal) a thrashing or beating, esp. given as punishment. [1/2 definitions]