thrashing
adj : (especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about
vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his
flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail" [syn: {flailing}]
n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {slaughter},
{trouncing}, {whipping}]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
blows [syn: {beating}, {drubbing}, {trouncing}, {whacking}]