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Thrashing

Thrashing Meaning & Definition
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.

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