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Thrashing

//ˈθɹæʃɪŋ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Action of the verb to thrash.

    "the thrashings of a fish on a hook"

  2. 2
    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows wordnet
  3. 3
    A beating, especially a severe one.
  4. 4
    a sound defeat wordnet
  5. 5
    A heavy defeat. slang

    "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."

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  1. 6
    Excessive paging within virtual storage.
  2. 7
    Slam dancing.
  3. 8
    Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc) colloquial
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of thrash form-of, gerund, participle, present

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