About The Word Thrashing
Learn about the word Thrashing to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Thrashing definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Thrashing
| Thrashing Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Manama ‐ the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain…
- Frost's bolete ‐ a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely…
- South carolina ‐ a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies [n]…
- Bleaching earth ‐ an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring…
- Hydrotherapy ‐ the internal and external use of water in the treatment…
- Bulbourethral gland ‐ either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid…
- Go into ‐ to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"…
- Speckled alder ‐ common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having…
- Recollection ‐ the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering…
- Monoamine ‐ a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is…