About The Word Thrashing
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Thrashing
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What's The Definition Of Thrashing?
[n] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[n] a sound defeat [adj] (especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail" Synonyms | Synonyms for Thrashing: beating | debacle | drubbing | drubbing | flailing | lacing | moving | slaughter | trouncing | trouncing | walloping | whacking | whipping Related Terms | Find terms related to Thrashing: See Also | corporal punishment | defeat | flagellation | flogging | lashing | licking | tanning | whipping Thrashing In Webster's Dictionary \Thrash"ing\,
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.
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