thrashings

Noun

• a sound defeat
• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• plural of thrashing

Verb

• give a thrashing to; beat hard
• move or stir about violently
• dance the slam dance
• beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
• move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
• beat the seeds out of a grain
• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Synonyms

bat, beating, clobber, convulse, cream, debacle, drub, drubbing, flail, jactitate, lacing, lam, lick, licking, mosh, slam, slam dance, slash, slaughter, thrash, thrash about, thrashing, thresh, thresh about, toss, trouncing, walloping, whacking, whipping