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thrashing — noun 1 hitting ADJECTIVE ▪ good, sound VERB + THRASHING ▪ give ▪ get ▪ He got a sound thrashing once his father found out … Collocations dictionary
thrashing — thrash|ing [ˈθræʃıŋ] n especially BrE 1.) an occasion when you beat someone or are beaten violently as a punishment ▪ If you speak to your mother like that again, you ll get a thrashing . ▪ I ll give you the thrashing you deserve. 2.) informal an … Dictionary of contemporary English
thrashing — noun (C) give /get a thrashing a) to beat someone or be beaten violently as a punishment: If you speak to your mother like that again, you ll get a thrashing. b) to defeat someone or be defeated easily in a game … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
flail — I noun an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑implement II verb 1. give a thrashing to; beat hard (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
beat — I (defeat) verb be superior, be supreme, be victorious over, bring to terms, checkmate, claim a victory, conquer, crush, dash, discomfit, excel, get the best of, get the better of, have the advantage, hold the advantage, lay waste, obtain a… … Law dictionary
lash — I (attack verbally) verb admonish, animadvert upon, assail, berate, betongue, blackguard, cast reproach upon, castigate, chastise, chide, criticize severly, decry, excoriate, exprobrate, flay, fulminate against, impugn, increpate, inveigh,… … Law dictionary
beat black and blue — hit someone until they are bruised, hit repeatedly, give a thrashing, give a whipping … English contemporary dictionary
lambaste — verb /læmˈbæst,læmˈbæst,læmˈbeɪst/ a) To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily. b) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics … Wiktionary
надавать — НАДАВАТЬ, сов. что, чего кому. Перен. Разг. сниж. Побить кого л., многократно нанося удары, словно дав, предоставив кому л. что л. в большом количестве [pf. fig. folk. to thrash, give a thrashing (to), beat; * to lick]. По синякам и ссадинам на… … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
