What does thrashing mean?

Definitions for thrashing
ˈθræʃ ɪŋthrash·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word thrashing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whippingnoun

    a sound defeat

  2. beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingnoun

    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Wiktionary

  1. thrashingnoun

    action of the verb to thrash

  2. thrashingnoun

    a beating, especially a severe one

  3. thrashingnoun

    excessive paging within virtual storage

  4. thrashingnoun

    slam dancing

ChatGPT

  1. thrashing

    Thrashing is an occurrence in computing when a system's resources are overused, leading to a significant decrease in performance. It typically happens when a system is trying to execute too many tasks at once and becomes overloaded, causing a constant state of paging or swapping data between the RAM and the hard drive. This results in sluggish response times, constant hard drive activity and excessive CPU usage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thrashing

    of Thresh

  2. Thrashing

    a. & n. from Thrash, v

Wikidata

  1. Thrashing

    In computer science, thrashing occurs when a computer's virtual memory subsystem is in a constant state of paging, rapidly exchanging data in memory for data on disk, to the exclusion of most application-level processing. This causes the performance of the computer to degrade or collapse. The situation may continue indefinitely until the underlying cause is addressed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thrashing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thrashing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of thrashing in a Sentence

  1. Donald Glover:

    I just saw Chevy as fighting time — a true artist has to be O.K. with his reign being over. I ca n’t help him if he’s thrashing in the water, but I know there’s a human in there somewhere — he’s almost too human.

  2. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Downward movement of Indian stock market continues even today. It seems all govt shares are being subject to most thrashing. BHEL, ONGC, SAIL, NALCO etc

  3. The wise Pharoah Moe:

    The more dirty, hideous people you meet, the more your thrashing gains. My thrashing is my pride in such days"..

  4. Daniel Magee:

    As we got closer I saw a fin and realized it was a whale, some lock keepers hosing Atmospheric Administration.Garside down and it looked like the tide was going up so Atmospheric Administration.Garside could turn around. I realized that the whale might be injured as it started rolling on its side and thrashing about.

  5. Daniel Magee:

    The location is Richmond Lock and and we saw a group of spectators, we saw a seal there earlier this year, which is unusual, so we thought it was him again, as we got closer I saw a fin and realized it was a whale. Some lock keepers hosing him down and it looked like the tide was going up so he could turn around. I realized that the whale might be injured as it started rolling on its side and thrashing about.

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