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thrashing
verb
noun
To beat mercilessly.
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/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/ /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
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verb
To beat mercilessly.
To defeat utterly.
To thresh.
To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
noun
Action of the verb to thrash.
“the thrashings of a fish on a hook”
A beating, especially a severe one.
A heavy defeat.
Excessive paging within virtual storage.
Slam dancing.
Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
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the thrashings of a fish on a hook