Bēat'ing, n.
n. 1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Sense 2. A regular pulsation or throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
Sense 3. (Mus.) The regular pulsative swellings of sound produced by the pipes of an organ, or the strings of a piano, &c., when sounding together nearly, but not exactly, in perfect tune. Moore.
Sense 4. (Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in a zigzag direction.
Beating time (Mus.), any motion indicating the division of measures and parts of measures during the performance of a composition.