1a : to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog. b : to defeat decisively or severely thrashed the visiting team. 2 : to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail thrashing his arms. 3a : to go over again and again thrash the matter over inconclusively.

What do you mean by the term thrashing?

1 : a severe beating or flogging If a poacher was taken he was given a thrashing as well as being prosecuted with its consequent jail sentence.—

What type of word is thrashing?

thrashing used as a noun:

action of the verb to thrash. a beating, especially a severe one. excessive paging within virtual storage.