thrashing

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of thrash#English|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.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)

     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. qf of cereal crop, etc

Translations

• Portuguese: surra
• Russian: взбу́чка
• Spanish: paliza, jarabe de palo, golpiza, zurra (colloquial), tunda (colloquial), tollina (colloquial)

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