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1. (verb) Systematic punching many times, or hitting with a blunt instrument, to enforce an order, inflict punishment, prevent the victim from resisting or raising an alarm for a while, or release anger. Often two or more men take part, sometimes with one or two of them restraining the victim. Sometimes care is taken that all the visible damage is where it is hidden afterwards by clothes.
2. (verb) In some out-of-date dictionaries, "to alarm by a sudden attack"
3. (verb) (context/intransitive/nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
4. (verb) ("less usual") To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up
5. (verb) ("reflexive; with the preposition" over) To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something.
6. (verb) (context/transitive/In WW2 air pilots' usage) Repeatedly bombing a military target or targets
7. (verb) Getting something done, derived from the idea of beat#Hunting/beating for game
8. (verb) Used loosely colloquially for:
9. (verb) # Repeated verbal assault
10. (verb) # Severe defeat in non-contact competitive sports
11. (adjective) (slang) Battered by time and usage; beaten up.