thrashing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

Verb

thrashing

1. present participle and gerund 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.
   • 6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian‎^[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)

Derived terms

• thrashing floor

 

Translations

a beating, especially a severe one

• Bulgarian: побой (bg) m (poboj), пердах (bg) m (perdah)
• Finnish: selkäsauna (fi)
• Galician: boura f
• Irish: greasáil f
• Macedonian: те́пање n (tépanje), ќо́тек m (ḱótek), тре́скање n (tréskanje)
• Norman: achouêmie f, astitcheuse f, brûlée f, dêgêlée f, êcaûffeuse f, galette f, rosseteuse f
• Polish: bicie (pl), baty (pl) m pl, cięgi m pl
• Portuguese: surra (pt) f
• 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), la del pulpo (Spain, colloquial)
• Walloon: dobleure (wa) f, axhlêye (wa) f, danse (wa), dispoûslêye (wa) f