thrashing

[ thrash-ing ]
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noun
  1. a flogging; whipping.

  2. the act of a person or thing that thrashes.

  1. a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.

Origin of thrashing

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at thrash, -ing1

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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. Parkman
  • Obviously he was on the right road, although no thrashings in the actual sense were his.

    Jimmy Quixote | Tom Gallon
  • No, weve got to get home as soon as ever we can and take our thrashings.

    Letty and the Twins | Helen Sherman Griffith
  • He had contrived to avoid fights with his mates and thrashings from the teachers.

    The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod Raine
  • And 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

thrashing

/ (ˈθræʃɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a physical assault; flogging

  2. a convincing defeat: a 5–1 thrashing

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