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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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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