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See more synonyms for thrashing on Thesaurus.com a flogging; whipping. the act of a person or thing that thrashes . a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time. Show More
Origin of thrashing Middle English word dating back to
1350–1400; see origin at
thrash ,
-ing1 to beat soundly in punishment; flog. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors. Nautical to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea. thresh .Show More
verb (used without object) to toss, or plunge about. Nautical to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat. thresh(defs 3, 4) .Show More
an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow. thresh(def 5) . Swimming the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl. British Slang a party, usually with drinks. Show More
thrash out /over , to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively. Also thresh out /over. Show More
Origin of thrash before 900; Middle English thrasshen, variant of
thresshen to
thresh Related forms un·thrashed , adjective well-thrashed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for thrashing drubbing ,
rout ,
lashing ,
annihilation ,
whipping ,
trouncing ,
debacle ,
conquest ,
beating ,
flogging ,
slaughter ,
bashing ,
defeat ,
hiding ,
shellacking ,
repulse ,
setback ,
licking ,
check ,
blow Examples from the Web for thrashing Contemporary Examples of thrashing At times she looks demonic—screaming and thrashing like an overacted Lady Macbeth.
Her thrashing , her dark visions, her frightened gasps will continue for the next 36 hours.
But despite MacKenzie's thrashing , it's been well-reviewed by critics and other Amazon commenters.
They beat up several journalists, though two particularly intrepid ones escaped the thrashing by feigning death.
And given her thrashing in 2008, Lauer asked, should the GOP nominee pick a more seasoned running mate than she?
Historical Examples of thrashing Perhaps never in his twenty-two years had young Drummond been so near a thrashing .
This he jerked up and down to make ready for his task of thrashing "the pigmy."
And all the better, I dare say, for the thrashing he got when a youngster, from the Vermont tailor.
They had had to take a thrashing , but that was no reason why a man should not fill his stomach.
From somewhere in the grove came a thrashing of branches and a frightened neigh.
British Dictionary definitions for thrashing a physical assault; flogging a convincing defeat a 5–1 thrashing Show More
(tr) to beat soundly, as with a whip or stick (tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm (intr) to beat or plunge about in a wild manner (intr) to move the legs up and down in the water, as in certain swimming strokes to sail (a boat) against the wind or tide or (of a boat) to sail in this way another word for thresh Show More
the act of thrashing; blow; beating informal a party or similar social gathering Show More
Word Origin for thrash Old English threscan; related to Old High German dreskan, Old Norse thriskja
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Word Origin and History for thrashing v. 1580s, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh ). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded c.1600. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed ; thrashing . Type of fast heavy metal music first called by this name 1982.
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