thrashing

CEFRB2

/θrˈæʃɪŋ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A severe beating or a complete defeat.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A beating, especially a severe one.

Examples

  • The waves were thrashing against the rocky shore during the storm.

  • Give him a good thrashing!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Action of the verb to thrash.

  2. Excessive paging within virtual storage.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of thrash

More examples

In context

  • He gave me a thrashing.

  • the thrashings of a fish on a hook

  • Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The angry man was blank the bushes with a stick in a violent rage.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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