thrashing

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

Verb

thrashing

  1. present participle and gerund of thrash

Noun

thrashing (plural thrashings)

  1. Action of the verb to thrash.
    the thrashings of a fish on a hook
  2. A beating, especially a severe one.
  3. (slang) A heavy defeat.
    • 6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian‎:
      Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half.
  4. (computing) Excessive paging within virtual storage.
  5. (dance) Slam dancing.
  6. (colloquial) Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

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