Beat
Beat noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: delivered one hard beat on the drums
Beating
Beating noun - A rhythmic expanding and contracting.
Usage example: he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old beat | old beating |
| good | good beat | good beating |
| long | long beat | long beating |
| similar | similar beat | similar beating |
| Other adjectives: normal, standard, original, brutal, heavy, actual, constant, violent, severe, serious, huge, slow, bad, horrible, major, hot, extra, last, occasional, verbal, aforementioned. | ||
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