Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of thrash
plural thrashings
- Action of the verb to thrash.
the thrashings of a fish on a hook
- slangA heavy defeat.
Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half.
6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian - computingExcessive paging within virtual storage.
- danceSlam dancing.
- colloquialThreshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian побой, пердах
- побой (poboj)a beating, especially a severe one
- пердах (perdah)a beating, especially a severe one
Finnish selkäsauna
- selkäsaunaa beating, especially a severe one
Indonesian deraan
- deraana beating, especially a severe one
Irish greasáil
- greasáila beating, especially a severe one
Polish bicie, baty
- biciea beating, especially a severe one
- batya beating, especially a severe one
- cięgia beating, especially a severe one
Portuguese surra
- surraa beating, especially a severe one
Russian взбу́чка, трёпка
- взбу́чка (vzbúčka)a beating, especially a severe one
- трёпка (trjópka)a beating, especially a severe one
Scottish Gaelic slacadh
- slacadha beating, especially a severe one
Spanish paliza, jarabe de palo
- palizaa beating, especially a severe one
- jarabe de paloa beating, especially a severe one
- golpizaa beating, especially a severe one
- zurraa beating, especially a severe one
- tundaa beating, especially a severe one
- tollinaa beating, especially a severe one
- la del pulpoa beating, especially a severe one
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thrashing
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thrashing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrashing
“thrashing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrashing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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