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noun
- 1. a heavy defeat of a sporting opponent: "they confirmed their greatness today with a thrashing of Melbourne" Similar
- 2. an act of physically beating someone; a beating: "a sound thrashing might teach the individual to refrain from complaining" Similar
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The meaning of THRASHING is a severe beating or flogging. How to use thrashing in a sentence.
an occasion when someone defeats someone else very easily in a game, competition, or election: The team was on the receiving end of a six-goal thrashing recently. The ruling party is expecting a thrashing in the elections to the upper house of parliament this weekend.
Thrashing definition: a flogging; whipping.. See examples of THRASHING used in a sentence.
the act of whipping with a horsewhip. type of: corporal punishment. the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime. noun. a sound defeat. synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, walloping, whipping. see more. see less.
thrashing. ( ˈθræʃɪŋ) n. 1. a physical assault; flogging. 2. a convincing defeat: a 5–1 thrashing. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
1. countable noun. If one player or team gives another one a thrashing, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [informal] Can the New Zealand bowlers fight back after their thrashing at Christchurch? ...a school renowned for handing out 10-goal thrashings in association football. 2. countable noun.
Definition of thrashing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
THRASH definition: 1. to hit a person or animal hard many times as a punishment: 2. to move from side to side in a…. Learn more.
an occasion when someone defeats someone else very easily in a game, competition, or election: The team was on the receiving end of a six-goal thrashing recently. The ruling party is expecting a thrashing in the elections to the upper house of parliament this weekend.
The meaning of THRASH is to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog. How to use thrash in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Thrash.
