thrashing
a flogging; whipping.
the act of a person or thing that thrashes.
a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.
Origin of thrashing
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How to use thrashing in a sentence
Most of the thrashings that he had dealt out to the school bullies were given on his brothers account.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanObviously he was on the right road, although no thrashings in the actual sense were his.
Jimmy Quixote | Tom GallonNo, weve got to get home as soon as ever we can and take our thrashings.
Letty and the Twins | Helen Sherman GriffithHe had contrived to avoid fights with his mates and thrashings from the teachers.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod RaineAnd then, the convulsive thrashings of his tail hurling the sands in every direction, he lifted his head and bleated piteously.
In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for thrashing
/ (ˈθræʃɪŋ) /
a physical assault; flogging
a convincing defeat: a 5–1 thrashing
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