thrashing
/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To beat mercilessly.
- 2
To defeat utterly.
- 3
To thresh.
- 4
To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
- 5
To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- 6
In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
noun
- 1
Action of the verb to thrash.
“the thrashings of a fish on a hook”
- 2
A beating, especially a severe one.
- 3
A heavy defeat.
- 4
Excessive paging within virtual storage.
- 5
Slam dancing.
- 6
Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
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