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battito — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • beating noun The act of repeatedly striking someone or something.
  • heartbeat noun A single pulse of the heart, or the steady rhythm of the heart pumping.
  • pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
  • throb verb To beat or pulse strongly and repeatedly, often with pain.

Senses

battito is used for these senses in English:

  • beat A pulsation or throb.
  • beating The pulsation of the heart.
  • heartbeat One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
  • pulse A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.
  • throb A beating, vibration or palpitation.

beat — full definition

  1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
  3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
  4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
  5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

beating — full definition

  1. noun The act of repeatedly striking someone or something.
  2. noun A heavy defeat.
  3. noun The regular pulsing of the heart.

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