beat one's face

verb

To apply makeup.

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Meanings

verbbeat 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)

present singular third person beats one's face · participle present beating one's face · participle past beaten one's face

  1. gay slang and African-American VernacularTo apply makeup.

    Sitting on the bathtub ledge in our tiny apt and watching my mom beat her face. My mom was a makeup junkie.

    2016, Jane Larkworthy, “Tyra Banks Loves Instagram Brows, Contouring and Discovering New Models”, in W Magazine
    1 more example

    Nicole took her time as she laid all her MAC cosmetics on the dresser in a neat row. After beating her face down she took off the ivory silk robe to hang it behind the door.

    2011, Natasha Johnigan, Unconditional, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.
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