woodshed
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of woodshed
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In 1886, Charles Martin Hall, a 22-year-old working in the woodshed behind his parents’ home in Oberlin, Ohio, had figured out how to mass produce it inexpensively using electric currents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
This might be more forgivable if it hadn’t been their second trip to the woodshed.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
Trex stock got taken behind the PVC woodshed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
They don’t just lose home nailbiters, they get taken to the woodshed.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Hatsue walked out of the shadow of the woodshed and into the glow of the porch light.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Recording at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, where the Beatles had woodshedded, Lewis’s youthful energy was stoked by a screaming, whistling crowd.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
During his downtime, the Brooklyn native did songwriting woodshedding by taking deep dives into the catalogs of composers ranging from Neil Young to Burt Bacharach and exploring a myriad soundtracks from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
The period in which James’s woodshedding and partying achieved détente led to “punk funk” hits in the late ’70s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Coleman agreed that Rollins was likely doing more than just woodshedding.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2017
She actually had been woodshedding for about three months.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2015
Naturally, woodshedding is considered a complex form of quartet work, since it calls for correct harmony and a working repertory of dozens of songs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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