Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thrashing"
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["o]ska,
Dan. t[ae]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thrashing
adj : (especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about
vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his
flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail" [syn: {flailing}]
n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {slaughter},
{trouncing}, {whipping}]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
blows [syn: {beating}, {drubbing}, {lacing}, {trouncing},
{whacking}]
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