thrashing

thrash·ing  (thrshng)

n.

A severe beating.

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thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ]

n

a physical assault; flogging

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thrashing - a sound defeat                       drubbing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, slaughter, debacle defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	thrashing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, trouncing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

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thrashing

noun

1. defeat, beating, hammering (informal), hiding (informal), pasting (slang), rout, mauling, trouncing, drubbing She dropped only 8 points in her thrashing of the former champion.

2. beating, hiding (informal), belting (informal), whipping, tanning (slang), lashing, caning, pasting (slang), flogging, drubbing, chastisement She knew if she was caught she would get a thrashing.

Translations

thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] N → zurra f, paliza f
to give sb a thrashing (lit) (= beat) → zurrar a algn, dar una paliza a algn (Sport) (= defeat) → dar una paliza a algn, cascar a algn

thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] n

(= hiding) → raclée f
to give sb a thrashing (= hit) → donner une bonne raclée à qn

(= defeat) → raclée f >
to give sb a thrashing (= defeat) → donner une raclée à qn >, donner une bonne raclée à qn >

thrashing

n

(= beating) → Prügel pl, → Schläge pl, → Dresche f (inf); to give somebody a good thrashing → jdm eine ordentliche Tracht Prügel verpassen

(Sport inf) → komplette Niederlage; to give somebody a thrashing → jdn vernichtend schlagen

thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] n to give sb a thrashing (beat) → picchiare qn di santa ragione (Sport) (fam) (defeat) → dare una batosta a qn