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[ thrash-ing ] / ˈθræʃ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thrashing ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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 thrashingMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at thrash, -ing1 Words nearby thrashingthrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrasher, thrashing, thrash metal, thrash out, thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thrashingAt times she looks demonic—screaming and thrashing like an overacted Lady Macbeth. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her thrashing, her dark visions, her frightened gasps will continue for the next 36 hours. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But despite MacKenzie's thrashing, it's been well-reviewed by critics and other Amazon commenters. Jeff Bezos’s Wife Rips New Book on Her Husband|William O’Connor|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST They beat up several journalists, though two particularly intrepid ones escaped the thrashing by feigning death. Mumbai on Edge With Shiv Sena Founder Bal Thackeray Ill|Dilip D’Souza|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And given her thrashing in 2008, Lauer asked, should the GOP nominee pick a more seasoned running mate than she? Sarah Palin Hosts ‘Today’ and Auditions for a Broader Role|Nick Summers|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST The whole platoon was thrashing through the grass in their direction and the Rumi were gone as quickly as they had come. Narakan Rifles, About Face!|Jan Smith When I used to lick you at school, who ever would have thought that I was thrashing a sucking statesman? The History of Samuel Titmarsh|William Makepeace Thackeray He told the man to come up on deck and he would give him a thrashing. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878|Various Alexander's presence made him, somehow, feel foolish, as if his thrashing were less of an embarrassment than its cause. A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck There was a man once upon a time that I felt like thrashing—for much of your reason. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for thrashing
nouna physical assault; flogging a convincing defeata 5–1 thrashing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thrashingdrubbing, rout, lashing, annihilation, whipping, trouncing, debacle, conquest, beating, flogging, slaughter, bashing, defeat, hiding, shellacking, repulse, setback, licking, check, blow |