[n] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[n] a sound defeat
[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"
Synonyms
beating, debacle, drubbing, drubbing, flailing, lacing, moving, slaughter, trouncing, trouncing, walloping, whacking, whipping