He gave me a thrashing.
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Thrashing
//ˈθɹæʃɪŋ//
Synonyms for "thrashing" (93 found)
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33 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пердах noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- побой noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Finnish
1 entries- selkäsauna noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Galician
1 entries- boura noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Irish
1 entries- greasáil noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Macedonian
3 entries- те́пање noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- тре́скање noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- ќо́тек noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Norman
4 entries- achouêmie noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- astitcheuse noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- brûlée noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- dêgêlée noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Polish
3 entries- baty noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- bicie noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- cięgi noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Portuguese
1 entries- surra noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Russian
2 entries- взбу́чка noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- трёпка noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- slacadh noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Spanish
4 entries- golpiza noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- jarabe de palo noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- la del pulpo noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- paliza noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Walloon
4 entries- axhlêye noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- danse noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- dispoûslêye noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
- dobleure noun (a beating, especially a severe one)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Give him a good thrashing!
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Martino was thrashing around.
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the thrashings of a fish on a hook
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