"beat one's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beat one's face.wav 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 predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English predicates: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.
    Sense id: en-beat_one's_face-en-verb-vVhSUD9k
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