"beat one's face" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beats one's face [present, singular, third-person], beating one's face [participle, present], beat one's face [past], beaten one's face [participle, past], beat one's face [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> one's face|past_ptc2=beat one's face}} beat one's face (third-person singular simple present beats one's face, present participle beating one's face, simple past beat one's face, past participle beaten one's face or beat one's face)
  1. (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) To apply makeup.
    Sense id: en-beat_one's_face-en-verb-Xm5XhXiz Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English predicates: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.
    Sense id: en-beat_one's_face-en-verb-vVhSUD9k

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