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thrashing
This term conveys a sense of violent, uncontrolled movement or overwhelming force. When describing physical punishment or a sports defeat, it implies a one-sided encounter where the victim is completely dominated. The connotation is typically harsh or brutal, though in a sporting context, it is often used colloquially to describe a landslide victory.
As a noun, the word is countable when referring to a specific instance of a beating or a defeat. However, it functions as an uncountable gerund when describing the agricultural process of separating grain from husks. When used as an adjective, it describes a state of physical struggle, typically associated with panic or desperation.
Meanings
A severe beating or physical punishment.
The prisoner received a brutal thrashing for his disobedience.
A decisive and overwhelming defeat in a competition or conflict.
Moving or struggling violently with the limbs.
Examples
The boy feared he would get a thrashing if he broke the window.
I cannot believe we took such a thrashing in the second half of the game.
The drowning man was thrashing wildly in the water.
The farmers spent the entire week thrashing the wheat by hand.
He is going to get a real thrashing for lying to the teacher.
Our team suffered a complete thrashing during the championship finals.
Stop thrashing about and hold still so I can bandage your arm.
The sound of thrashing grain filled the air of the old village.