Thrashing
['θræʃɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thresh
(-) a. & n. from Thrash, v.
Inputed by Joanna
Examples
- For thrashing him last night--didn't he, Dobbin? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The hastily lowered lifeboat pointed a slim nose toward the large black shape thrashing about in the shallow water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Scores of times the men in the boat escaped death only by a miracle, as the wildly thrashing black tail missed them but by a hair’s breadth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When, said he solemnly, and looking upward, wilt thou come with thy fanners to purge the thrashing-floor? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You'd best give in, he said to Dobbin; it's only a thrashing, Figs, and you know I'm used to it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The busy little dressmaker quickly snipped the shirt away, and laid bare the results of as furious and sound a thrashing as even Mr Fledgeby merited. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Inputed by Cleo