thrashing

[thrash-ing]

noun

1. a flogging; whipping.

2. the act of a person or thing that thrashes.

3. a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.

thrashing

/ ˈθræʃɪŋ /

noun

1. a physical assault; flogging

2. a convincing defeat

   a 5–1 thrashing

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrashing¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; thrash, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

England qualified for the 2026 World Cup by thrashing Latvia in October and will host Serbia on Thursday, 13 November before travelling to Albania three days later in their final Group K game.

Read more on BBC

So many animals started thrashing through the waves that the ocean seemed to be boiling over.

Read more on Literature

The idea debuted in the Six Nations thrashing of Wales.

Read more on BBC

England came into the game confident after thrashing New Zealand, while their opponents had been bowled out for 97 by Australia.

Read more on BBC

Montauban scored three tries of their own but a fourth successive thrashing on their travels has seen them concede more than 250 points and 38 tries in that time.

Read more on Barron's

Related Words

• annihilation 
• beating 
• conquest 
• debacle 
• drubbing 
• rout 
• trouncing www.thesaurus.com
• whipping