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
thrashing
present participle of thrash
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, 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
19 May 2024
(noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; “the market for software is expected to expand”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.