thrashing

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of thrash

noun

1. Action of the verb to thrash.
   the thrashings of a fish on a hook
2. A beating, especially a severe one.
3. (slang) A heavy defeat.
   Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half. 6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian
4. (computing) Excessive paging within virtual storage.
5. (dance) Slam dancing.
6. (colloquial) Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)