English dictionary

thrashing

verb

Pronunciation

/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

Audio pronunciation

Parts of speech

verb noun

Definitions

verb

  1. To beat mercilessly.
  2. To defeat utterly.
  3. To thresh.
  4. To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
  5. To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
  6. In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.

noun

  1. Action of the verb to thrash.
  2. A beating, especially a severe one.
  3. A heavy defeat.
  4. Excessive paging within virtual storage.
  5. Slam dancing.
  6. Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

Example sentences

the thrashings of a fish on a hook
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