Hyphenation of beating

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word beating ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

beat-ing

Definitions of beating :

1.	The act of overcoming or outdoing
2.	The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Synonyms of beating :

adj	pulsating, pulsing, rhythmical, rhythmic
noun	whipping, fight, fighting, combat, scrap
noun	thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking, corporal punishment

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.