thrashing
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈθræʃɪŋ/
- Offensive
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paliza
- 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
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
33
4.8
A hit on a child's bottom as punishment
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
18
6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
12
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
11
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
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4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
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7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
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9.9
Beating the body as a religious ceremony, as punishment, or for sexual pleasure
4
8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
4
8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
7.0
Strong repeated hitting that makes things move, often by wind or waves
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8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
1
5.1
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
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6.5
A heavy loss in a game or a serious physical beating
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8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
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.