thrashing
noun
- phenomenon that 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
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/
noun
- Action of the verb to thrash.
“the thrashings of a fish on a hook”
- A beating, especially a severe one.
- A heavy defeat.
“Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half.”
- Excessive paging within virtual storage.
- Slam dancing.
- Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)
verb
- present participle and gerund of thrash