thrashing
/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/noun, verb
thrashing is spelled T-H-R-A-S-H-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thrashing means “Action of the verb to thrash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thrashing is thrashings.
How many letters and syllables are in thrashing?
| Letters | 9: T-H-R-A-S-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is thrashing?
Thrashing appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce thrashing?
- /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
Thrashing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-thrashing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of thrashing
- thrashings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thrashing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Action of the verb to thrash.
the thrashings of a fish on a hook
- 2
A beating, especially a severe one.
- 3
slangA heavy defeat.
- 4
Excessive paging within virtual storage.
- 5
Slam dancing.
- 6
colloquialThreshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of thrash
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thrashing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a beating, especially a severe one:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.