Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrashing

/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: thrash-ing
IPA: /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of thrash

noun

Action of the verb to thrash.

noun

A beating, especially a severe one.

noun

A heavy defeat.

Slang

noun

Excessive paging within virtual storage.

noun

noun

Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrashings (plural)

Phrases

thrashing floor thrashing machine

Synonyms

beating licking drubbing lacing trouncing whacking walloping debacle slaughter whipping

Rhymes With

crashing flashing smashing bashing dashing splashing cashing slashing lashing clashing trashing caching

Questions

How do you pronounce thrashing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/.
What does thrashing mean?: present participle and gerund of thrash

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