thrashing

noun

1. a flogging; whipping.
2. the act of a person or thing that thrashes.
3. a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.

verb (used with object)

1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
2. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors.
3. Nautical. to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea.
4. thresh.

verb (used without object)

5. to toss, or plunge about.
6. Nautical. to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat.
7. thresh(defs 3, 4).

noun

8. an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
9. thresh(def 5).
10. Swimming. the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl.
11. British Slang. a party, usually with drinks.

Verb Phrases

12. thrash out/over, to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively.Also thresh out/over.

noun

1. a physical assault; flogging
2. a convincing defeata 5–1 thrashing

verb

1. (tr) to beat soundly, as with a whip or stick
2. (tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm
3. (intr) to beat or plunge about in a wild manner
4. (intr) to move the legs up and down in the water, as in certain swimming strokes
5. to sail (a boat) against the wind or tide or (of a boat) to sail in this way
6. another word for thresh

noun

7. the act of thrashing; blow; beating
8. informal a party or similar social gathering

v.1580s, “to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating,” dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh). Sense of “beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail” is first recorded c.1600. Meaning “to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip” is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed; thrashing. Type of fast heavy metal music first called by this name 1982.