thrashing
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thrashing
- /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
Rhymes with -æʃɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of thrash
noun thrashings
- Action of the verb to thrash. the thrashings of a fish on a hook
- A beating, especially a severe one.
- A heavy defeat. 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.
- Excessive paging within virtual storage.
- Slam dancing.
- Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: drubbing, beating, flailing, whipping, debacle, moving, walloping, whacking, slaughter, trouncing, poke, lashing, lick, kicking, going over, thrasher
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Talk about this word "thrashing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thrashing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thrashing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thrashing "thrashing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thrashing.Cite this
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title = {thrashing},
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