thrashings
Violent physical punishments
Thrashings is the plural of thrashing—a severe beating or overwhelming defeat.
The word suggests repeated, violent blows: The team took several thrashings that season.
Parents once spoke of giving children thrashings as punishment.
The word can describe any decisive loss: The stock market took a thrashing.
Repeated striking blows
- lashingBeating or binding
- floggingBeating as punishment
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
mauling · drubbing · bludgeoning · walloping · thumping · pasting · buffeting · flailing
Striking the buttocks
- caningStriking with a rod
- corporalOf the flesh
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
birching · flagellation · scourging · paddling · strapping · castigation · correction · penalty
Decisive, overwhelming defeats
- blowoutsDecisive one-sided wins
- drubbingsOverwhelming defeats or beatings
- shellackingsCrushing, lopsided defeats
- hammeringsForceful repeated strikes
trouncings · wallopings · pastings · whitewashes · massacres · annihilations · demolitions · humiliations
Concert crowd-collision zone
- headbangingViolent rhythmic skull movement
- riffsRepeated melodic figures
- distortionTwisting from original state
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
breakdowns · crowdsurfing · stage-diving · aggression · double-bass · growling · slamdancing · metalcore
whipping
Repeated striking blows
battering · mauling · drubbing · bludgeoning · walloping · thumping · pasting · buffeting · flailing · clobbering
spanking
Striking the buttocks
- caningStriking with a rod
- corporalOf the flesh
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
chastisement · birching · flagellation · scourging · paddling · strapping · castigation · correction · penalty · retribution
routs
Decisive, overwhelming defeats
- blowoutsDecisive one-sided wins
- drubbingsOverwhelming defeats or beatings
- shellackingsCrushing, lopsided defeats
hammerings · trouncings · wallopings · pastings · whitewashes · massacres · annihilations · demolitions · humiliations · landslides
moshpit
Concert crowd-collision zone
- headbangingViolent rhythmic skull movement
- riffsRepeated melodic figures
- distortionTwisting from original state
shredding · breakdowns · crowdsurfing · stage-diving · aggression · double-bass · growling · slamdancing · metalcore · hardcore
thrashingsnail-biters
Suspenseful, closely contested events
photo finishes · squeakers · cliffhangers · draws · ties