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thrashing

[ thrash-ing ]

noun

  1. a flogging; whipping.
  2. the act of a person or thing that thrashes.
  3. a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.


thrashing

/ ˈθ°ùæʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. a physical assault; flogging
  2. a convincing defeat

    a 5–1 thrashing

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Origin of thrashing1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; thrash, -ing 1
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