THRASHING

n. 1 beating, drubbing, whipping, flogging, assault, caning, belting, mauling, lashing, trouncing, basting, battering, pounding, Colloq hiding, tanning, lambasting, hammering, pasting Every time he stepped into the ring he got a thrashing 2 punishment, chastisement, disciplining, discipline, castigation He dreaded the thrashing his father administered at any sign of disobedience