Akademik

thrashing

noun

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

• Syn: ↑beating, ↑licking, ↑drubbing, ↑lacing, ↑trouncing, ↑whacking

• Derivationally related forms: ↑whack (for: ↑whacking), ↑trounce (for: ↑trouncing), ↑thrash, ↑beat (for: ↑beating)

• Hypernyms: ↑corporal punishment

• Hyponyms: ↑whipping, ↑tanning, ↑flogging, ↑lashing, ↑flagellation

2. a sound defeat

• Syn: ↑walloping, ↑debacle, ↑drubbing, ↑slaughter, ↑trouncing, ↑whipping

• Derivationally related forms: ↑whip (for: ↑whipping), ↑trounce (for: ↑trouncing), ↑drub (for: ↑drubbing), ↑wallop (for: ↑walloping), ↑thrash

• Hypernyms: ↑defeat, ↑licking

Useful english dictionary. 2012.