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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrashing
Thrash′ing
,Thrashing floor
, Threshing-floor
, or Threshing floor
a floor or area on which grain is beaten out.
– Thrashing machine
, a machine for separating grain from the straw.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thrashing
THRASH'ING
,ppr.
THRASH'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
thrashing
thrashing
English
Verb
thrashing
- present participle of thrash
Noun
thrashing (plural thrashings)
- action of the verb to thrash
- a beating, especially a severe one
- 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.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)
- (computing) excessive paging within virtual storage
- (dance) slam dancing
Translations
a beating, especially a severe one
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