thrashing
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈθræʃɪŋ/
- Offensive
- All that boy needs is a good thrashing.
Examples
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If I catch you and Bosie together again, I'll give you such a thrashing.
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After he misbehaved, his father said he deserved a good thrashing as punishment.
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You should have taken your thrashing, boy.
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- He likes to give his lady friends... a good thrashing now and again.
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What the kid needs is a good thrashing.
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You deserve a good thrashing.
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I got a thrashing with a willow switch when I got home, too.
Fiction book (1994) -
I don't think a thrashing will be necessary.
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I could give you the biggest thrashing you've ever had in your life.
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Molly, my own sweetheart, I love you dearly, but any more games like this and I'll give you the thrashing of your life.
Synonyms
120
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
41
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
14
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
12
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
10
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
9
6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
7
8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
7
4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
5
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
5
7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
4
9.9
Beating the body as a religious ceremony, as punishment, or for sexual pleasure
4
8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
2
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
2
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
1
7.0
Strong repeated hitting that makes things move, often by wind or waves
1
8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
1
6.5
A heavy loss in a game or a serious physical beating
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
9.4
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word thrashing comes from an old farming verb thresh, which meant 'to beat' or 'to separate grain by beating'. So a thrashing was originally a hard physical beating used as punishment, which is why the word still means a severe beating.