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thrashing

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thrash·ing  (thrshng)
n.
A severe beating.

thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ]
n
a physical assault; flogging
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thrashingthrashing - a sound defeat                      
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.thrashingthrashing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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

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] Nzurra 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 thrashingjdm eine ordentliche Tracht Prügel verpassen
(Sport inf) → komplette Niederlage; to give somebody a thrashingjdn vernichtend schlagen
thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] n to give sb a thrashing (beat) → picchiare qn di santa ragione (Sport) (fam) (defeat) → dare una batosta a qn
thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] n to give sb a thrashing (beat) → picchiare qn di santa ragione (Sport) (fam) (defeat) → dare una batosta a qn


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Suddenly we heard, at a little distance to our right and partly in front, a noise as of some animal thrashing about in the bushes, which we could see were violently agitated.
He sent for the carpenter, who, according to his orders, ought to have been at work at the thrashing machine.
There was, of course, a good deal of noise - running about, the, shouts of the sailors, the thrashing of the sails - enough, in fact, to wake the dead.
 
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