thrashing

thrashing
noun
1 hitting
ADJECTIVE
good, sound
VERB + THRASHING
give
get

He got a sound thrashing once his father found out.

deserve
2 (informal) severe defeat
VERB + THRASHING
give
suffer

The team suffered a thrashing on Sunday.


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