Slamming vs Thrashing - What's the difference?
slamming | thrashing |
(slang) Great; awesome.
* 2006 , Brian Sloan, Tale of Two Summers (page 82)
* 2007 , A. Lopez, Great Falls (page 207)
* 2008 , Malín Alegría, Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico (page 28)
The act of something being slammed.
* 2011 , John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
action of the verb to thrash
a beating, especially a severe one
A heavy defeat
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
(computing) excessive paging within virtual storage
(dance) slam dancing
As verbs the difference between slamming and thrashing
is that slamming is while thrashing is .As nouns the difference between slamming and thrashing
is that slamming is the act of something being slammed while thrashing is action of the verb to thrash .As an adjective slamming
is (slang) great; awesome.slamming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- First off, how could I ever be a totally slamming , hot French expert on free-running. But, that technicality aside, I honestly don't want to be Henri.
- You could play while driving if wanted to. "Man, you have no idea how slammin' we would be driving into my neighborhood with these wheels. Just slammin'...."
- It was totally slamming and reminded Sofi of an MTV spring break show.
Noun
(en noun)- He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings , snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room
thrashing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
