trashing

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noun

The act by which something is trashed.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trash
nountrashing (countable and uncountable, plural trashings)

plural trashings

  1. countableuncountableThe act by which something is trashed.

    As news about the cinema trashings spread, they aroused widespread protest […]

    2001, Kathleen M. Blee, France Winddance Twine, Feminism and Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice, page 238
    1 more example

    One of the most recent trashings of my work was by Sara Suleri in an issue of Critical Inquiry.

    1995, Gary A. Olson, Elizabeth Hirsh, Women Writing Culture, page 136
  2. UScountableuncountableDumpster diving.
  3. countableuncountableOxford UniversityA tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dumpster divinghypercriticism

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sharting
Cite this entry
APA

trashing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trashing

MLA

“trashing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trashing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trashing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trashing.

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