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thrashing
assault, buffeting, conquest, defeasance, failure, hiding, mastery, pounding, shellacking, subjugation, undoing
Definition
n.
a sound defeat
Last update: June 26, 2015
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The teacher gave him a good
thrashing
.
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This gentleman is famous for his tail, which he uses for a ferule in
thrashing
his foes.
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It got a good
thrashing
, I remember.
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"I should think not, after giving her a
thrashing
."
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"I'd like to give him a good
thrashing
."
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If he wasn't so strong, I'd give him a
thrashing
.
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How I had been sent to him because of my Whig sentiments, and for
thrashing
a Tory schoolmaster and his flock.
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Stubbs," said Hal, "is a good first-class
thrashing
when I get hold of you again.
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Looked as if Ould Nick had been
thrashing
peas on his face for a week.
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If these fellows were to annoy their masters and get a
thrashing
, you'd hear them sing in another key.
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Abner Holden glared upon the boy as if he wanted to spring upon him, and give him a
thrashing
on the spot.
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