Thrashing

Definitions

1. Action of the verb to thrash.
2. A beating, especially a severe one.
3. A heavy defeat.
   slang
4. Excessive paging within virtual storage.
5. Slam dancing.
6. Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“the thrashings of a fish⟳ on a hook”

“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.”

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