(feather) duster, dusting

to dust, to remove dust, to slap...

pounding lightly on the shoulders (to relieve stiffness), shoulder massage, massage stick for pounding the shoulders...

kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

kowtow

beating (in papermaking), refining

hitting, striking, slapping...

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board), to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands), to throw into (e.g. jail)...

to hack, to chop (firewood, meat...

to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground), to prostrate oneself, to give a deep...

chopping block, springboard for discussion, draft proposal...

to strike each other, to come to blows, to fight...

ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

Ornebius kanetataki (species of scaled crickets), ringing a bell, bell ringer...

click beetle, skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)

to smash, to break into pieces

to wake (someone) up (roughly), to rouse out of bed, to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board), to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands), to throw into (e.g. jail)...

to begin to strike, to kick out, to forcefully expel...

to beat out (a fire)

to hack, to chop (firewood, meat...

to hack, to chop (firewood, meat...

to smash up, to defeat crushingly

working one's way up, self-made person, veteran

sacrifice sale, bargain sale, discount sale...

to beat back into shape, to correct (a bad habit, character trait...

to beat to death

to tear down, to shatter

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