thrashing

About 0.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of thrash
2. noun Action of the verb to thrash.

   the thrashings of a fish on a hook

3. noun A beating, especially a severe one.
4. noun A heavy defeat.
5. noun Excessive paging within virtual storage.
6. noun Slam dancing.
7. noun Threshing.

Similar words

drubbing beating flailing whipping debacle moving walloping whacking slaughter trouncing

Often followed by

about around and the of in out machine to

Word family

thrashings