Yes, beating is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

2. Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

3. Hit repeatedly

4. Move rhythmically

5. Shape by beating

6. Make a rhythmic sound

7. Glare or strike with great intensity

8. Move with a thrashing motion

9. Sail with much tacking or with difficulty

10. Stir vigorously

11. Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

12. Be superior

13. Avoid paying

14. Make a sound like a clock or a timer

15. Move with a flapping motion

16. Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

17. Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

18. Make by pounding or trampling

19. Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

20. Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

21. Beat through cleverness and wit

22. Be a mystery or bewildering to

23. Wear out completely

Noun

1. The act of overcoming or outdoing

2. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows