thrashing
noun
[ ˈθraʃɪŋ ]
• an act of physically beating someone; a beating.
• "a sound thrashing might teach the individual to refrain from complaining"
• a heavy defeat of a sporting opponent.
• "the thrashings administered by Celtic to Aberdeen"
thrash
verb
• beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
• "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders"
Similar:
hit,
beat,
flog,
whip,
horsewhip,
scourge,
lash,
flagellate,
flail,
strap,
birch,
cane,
belt,
leather,
bullwhip,
give someone a hiding,
tan someone's hide,
lather,
paste,
take a strap to,
whale,
switch,
stripe,
thong,
quirt,
beating,
flogging,
whipping,
horsewhipping,
scourging,
lashing,
flagellation,
caning,
belting,
leathering,
the strap,
the birch,
the cane,
the belt,
bullwhipping,
hiding,
tanning,
lathering,
pasting,
going-over,
• move in a violent and convulsive way.
• "he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain"
Similar:
flail,
thresh,
flounder,
toss and turn,
jerk,
toss,
squirm,
writhe,
twist,
wriggle,
wiggle,
twitch,
• defeat heavily in a contest or match.
• "I thrashed Pete at cards"
Similar:
trounce,
beat hollow,
defeat utterly,
rout,
annihilate,
triumph over,
win a resounding victory over,
be victorious over,
crush,
overwhelm,
best,
get the better of,
worst,
bring someone to their knees,
lick,
hammer,
clobber,
paste,
pound,
pulverize,
crucify,
demolish,
destroy,
drub,
give someone a drubbing,
cane,
walk all over,
wipe the floor with,
give someone a hiding,
take to the cleaners,
blow someone out of the water,
make mincemeat of,
murder,
massacre,
slaughter,
flatten,
turn inside out,
tank,
stuff,
marmalize,
blow out,
cream,
shellac,
skunk,
slam,
own,
crushing defeat,
overwhelming defeat,
beating,
trouncing,
walloping,
thumping,
battering,
hiding,
licking,
pasting,
caning,
going-over,
drubbing,
hammering,
pounding,
clobbering,
demolition,
annihilation,
shellacking,
Origin:
Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.
