THRASHING

beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking

(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping

(noun) a sound defeat

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

thrashing

present participle of thrash

Noun

thrashing (plural thrashings)

Action of the verb to thrash.

A beating, especially a severe one.

(slang) A heavy defeat.

(computing) Excessive paging within virtual storage.

(dance) Slam dancing.

(colloquial) Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

Source: Wiktionary

Thrash"ing,

Definition: a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out.

– Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.

THRASH

Thrash, Thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] Etym: [OE. , , to beat, AS. , ; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]

1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thrash, Thresh, v. t.

1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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