thrashing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thrashing	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thrashing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thrashing n a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows Synonym(s): beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrashing}.] [OE. [thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan, [thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr[94]ska, Dan. t[91]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. {Thresh}.] 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. --H. Spencer. 2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrashing \Thrash"ing\, a. & n. from {Thrash}, v. {Thrashing floor}, {Threshing-floor}, [or] {Threshing floor}, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. {Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the straw.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
thrashing {thrash}