thrashing
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(noun) a sound defeat |
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Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
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Related Words: defeat, licking |
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(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
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Synonyms: beating, drubbing, trouncing, whacking |
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Related Words: corporal punishment, flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
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(satellite adjective) (especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail" |
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Synonyms: flailing |
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