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Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.
Brennan Manning

Meaning of "thrashing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THRASHING

thrashing  [ˈθræʃɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THRASHING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thrashing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THRASHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thrashing in the English dictionary

The definition of thrashing in the dictionary is a physical assault; flogging. Other definition of thrashing is a convincing defeat.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THRASHING


Bible-bashing
ˈbaɪbəlˌbæʃɪŋ
bushbashing
ˈbʊʃˌbæʃɪŋ
crashing
ˈkræʃɪŋ
dashing
ˈdæʃɪŋ
earbashing
ˈɪəˌbæʃɪŋ
flashing
ˈflæʃɪŋ
geocaching
ˈdʒiːəʊˌkæʃɪŋ
gnashing
ˈnæʃɪŋ
lashing
ˈlæʃɪŋ
nonce-bashing
ˈnɒnsˌbæʃɪŋ
razor-slashing
ˈreɪzəˌslæʃɪŋ
slashing
ˈslæʃɪŋ
smashing
ˈsmæʃɪŋ
tongue-lashing
ˈtʌŋlæʃɪŋ
upflashing
ʌpˈflæʃɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THRASHING

thraiping
thraldom
Thrale
thrall
thralldom
thrang
thrapple
thrash
thrash metal
thrash out
thrasher
thrasonic
thrasonical
thrasonically
thrave
thraw
thraward
thrawn
thrawnly
thread

WORDS THAT END LIKE THRASHING

anything
astonishing
blushing
bushing
crushing
Cushing
diminishing
distinguishing
finishing
flourishing
flushing
fly-fishing
nourishing
Pershing
phishing
publishing
punishing
pushing
ravishing
refreshing
washing

Synonyms and antonyms of thrashing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THRASHING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thrashing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of thrashing

Translation of «thrashing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THRASHING

Find out the translation of thrashing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thrashing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thrashing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轻松击败
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paliza
570 millions of speakers

English

thrashing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ताड़ना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обмолота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lavada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিটুনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

raclée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencuri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vernichtende Niederlage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

打ち負かすこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

완파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyemplung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trận đòn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீழ்ச்சியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोडपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dayak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesante sconfitta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cięgi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмолоту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bătaie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλώνισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loesing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stryk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

juling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thrashing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THRASHING»

The term «thrashing» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THRASHING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thrashing

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3 QUOTES WITH «THRASHING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thrashing.
1
Paul Graham
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.
2
Brennan Manning
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.
3
Andy Serkis
Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think and be believed in a close-up, as much as anything else.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRASHING»

Discover the use of thrashing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thrashing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Transaction Processing
Thrashing. By reducing the frequency of lock conversion deadlocks, we have dispensed with deadlock as a major performance consideration, so we are left with blocking situations. Blocking affects performance in a rather dramatic way.
Philip A. Bernstein, Eric Newcomer, 2009
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List of Patents for Inventions and Designs, Issued by the ...
26 Dec. 14 Dec. 31 Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing Thrashing. INTENTIONS OR DISCOVERIES. Thrashing machine Thrashing machine Thrashing machine Thrashing machine ...
United States. Patent Office, Edmund Burke, 1847
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A Digest of Patents, Issued by the United States from 1790 ...
Henry-Leavitt Ellsworth. Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine, Thrashing machine , Thrashing ...
Henry-Leavitt Ellsworth, 1840
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Headlight for stoam- Thrashing and separating machine. Grain . Thrashing- cylinder Thraehing-machino Thrashing-machine Thrashing-machino Thrashing- machine Thrashing-machine Thraehing-machino Thraehing-machino ...
United States. Patent Office, 1893
5
Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine
A common example of thrashing occurs with virtual memory. A user may have several applications running at the same time, and the sum total of the memory required by these programs' working sets is greater than all of the physical memory ...
Randall Hyde, 2004
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Commissioner of Patents Annual Report
__ гиды „y 1 3.27 85 ю 1682 Thrashing and clover-hulling machine . ... 285,422 Sept. 25 1552 437 24 1192 Thrashing and separating machine. Grain . .... 287,304 Oct. 23 1932 528 25 369 Thrashing-machiuo cutting and feeding attachment .
United States. Patent Office, 1884
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Operating Systems
This situation (of high page-transfer activity) is called thrashing, when the CPU spends most of its time in juggling pages between the main memory and the swap device. A process is said to thrash if it spends more time on the swap device ...
Sibsankar Haldar, Alex Alagarsamy Aravind, 2010
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The Farm Engineer: A Treatise on Barn Machinery, ...
A Treatise on Barn Machinery, Particularly on the Application of Steam and Other Motive Powers to the Thrashing Machine : Embracing an Account of the Methods Practised in Ancient and Modern Times for Thrashing and Winnowing Grain ...
Robert Ritchie, 1849
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Communications to the Board of agriculture, on subjects ...
even while thrashing it. The space at K will contain the chaff blown from the fanners. There is a door through the partition at G to render the communication more < asy a d expedi'ious from the part L where the unthrashed corn is laid, as it may ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, 1797
10
A List of Patents Granted by the United States, for the ...
T as Thrashing and cleaning wheat, improved machine for. Ezekiel Millgr - - _ 'p - Jtlly 19 Trigonornetrical quadrant, improvement in. James Templeton Aug..1T .. Tide power obtained from its rising and falling. John Staples, I Flushing, L. l.
William Elliot, United States. Dept. of State, 1823

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRASHING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thrashing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Basketball: Canberra Capitals Academy making positive strides …
The 82-point margin was the third-biggest in women's SEABL history, behind Dandenong's 89-point thrashing of Kilsyth in 1991 and Nunawading demolishing ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
2
Embarrassing Stoke thrashing still haunts me - Liverpool captain …
But Henderson revealed many of Rodgers' squad felt uneasy about boarding the plane given the manner of their thrashing earlier that day. Liverpool on tour ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
3
Rochester man arrested for allegedly 'thrashing' knife and running …
Police said Farah approached a 22-year-old man, asking him to be in his group. When the man refused, Farah allegedly pulled out a knife and thrashed it at him. «KTTC, Jul 15»
4
Daley to show faith after Blues thrashing
NSW coach Laurie Daley says he would again place his faith in the same players who copped State of Origin's biggest ever defeat. As the post mortems ... «ninemsn, Jul 15»
5
Man held for thrashing traffic cop in Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH: A 30-year old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly thrashing traffic police head constable Mahinder Singh for challaning his vehicle a few ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Kookaburras hit back with Brit thrashing
THE Kookaburras have put the finishing touches to their preparations for the World League semi-finals, which start in Belgium on Saturday, thrashing Great ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jun 15»
7
2 cops suspended for thrashing lawyer inside police station
Two police personnel, who had allegedly thrashed a lawyer inside Geeta Colony police station in east Delhi, were today suspended and sent to police lines after ... «Business Standard, May 15»
8
Carlton suffer another thrashing, this time at Geelong's hands
Goals: Geelong: J Murdoch 4, J Caddy 3, M Clark 3, J Selwood 2, S Kersten 2, C Gregson, C Guthrie, D Lang, J Kelly, R Stanley, S Johnson, T Hawkins, ... «The Age, May 15»
9
Royal Challengers Bangalore hand Delhi Daredevils a thrashing
Chris Gayle, pictured after West Indies' World Cup exit, had more to smile about playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: Ross Setford/AP. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
An under-trial thrashed to death, culprits arrested
Two persons were arrested for allegedly thrashing an under-trial to death at Bhensi village under Khatoli police station here, police said on Thursday. Brijbir and ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»

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