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thrashing |
4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}, {trouncing}, {whacking}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: thrashing {thrash}
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