thrashing

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

thrashing

1. present participle and gerund of thrash

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)