thrashing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

Verb

thrashing

1. present participle of thrash

Noun

thrashing (plural thrashings)

1. Action of the verb to thrash.

   the thrashings of a fish on a hook

2. A beating, especially a severe one.
3. (slang) 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)[1]

     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.

4. (computing) Excessive paging within virtual storage.
5. (dance) Slam dancing.
6. (colloquial) Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

Translations

a beating, especially a severe one

• Finnish: selkäsauna (fi)
• Galician: boura f
• Norman: achouêmie f, astitcheuse f, brûlée f, dêgêlée f, êcaûffeuse f, galette f, rosseteuse f
• Portuguese: surra (pt) f
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• Russian: взбу́чка (ru) f (vzbúčka), трёпка (ru) f (trjópka)
• Scottish Gaelic: slacadh m
• Spanish: paliza (es), jarabe de palo, golpiza (es), zurra (es) (colloquial), tunda (es) (colloquial), tollina (colloquial)
• Walloon: dobleure (wa) f, axhlêye (wa) f, danse (wa), dispoûslêye (wa) f