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thrashing Definition

thrash·ing (-iŋ)

noun

a beating; flogging

thrashing Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • get: We now get the usual thrashing about to explain away a discrepancy in the bible.
  • include: Recent form has been better including a 5-1 thrashing of Mauritius and a 3-1 victory over Lesotho.
  • receive: An old naval expression meaning to be laid over a gun to receive a thrashing.
  • take: The children's conkers took some thrashing too in their rounds, the overall winner for them being Joshua.
  • follow: More thrashing followed in some squeezes along the rift.
  • avoid: Hence, the best way to avoid thrashing of the disk is to install plenty of RAM.

Preposition: at

hand: Biggleswade ran out of steam after the break, their mid-week thrashing at the hands of Wootton Blue Cross apparently taking its toll.

Adjective modifier

  • sound: Give him a good, sound thrashing, do you hear?
  • good: Give him a good, sound thrashing, do you hear?
  • real: I can't find the thread but we gave this topic a real thrashing last year ( Summer?
  • hard: I noticed a lot less hard disk thrashing when playing BF2 after I did this.
  • regular: Despite our regular thrashing of Churchill, the rest of the season turned out to be a bit of a disappointment.

Modifies a noun

  • guitar: It's sort of Joy Division meets the Rolling Stones with some great thrashing guitars.
  • machine: It was suitable for hauling loads from five to eight tons or for driving a small thrashing machine.
  • mill: This area of the Granary was where the thrashing mill was installed many years ago.
  • drum: Hear for yourself Their sound is flamenco in a head on collision of punk rock riffs, pounding bass and thrashing drums.

Noun used with modifier

  • disk: I noticed a lot less hard disk thrashing when playing BF2 after I did this.
  • minute: In many cases people claimed ' cold ' arm measurements when, in fact these had been taken after a twenty minute thrashing.

Possessives

drive: Experiencing a system slow-down or a ' thrashing ' hard disk drive?

Preposition: of

rival: Coventry City have won 4 of their last 5 away league matches including a 6 - 1 thrashing of local rivals Walsall.