Synonyms of threshing

threshing

verb

present participle of thresh

1

as in twitching

to make jerky or restless movements

the poor dog threshed against his chain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twitching
• tossing
• jerking
• fidgeting
• squirming
• twisting
• trembling
• fiddling
• jigging
• shaking
• writhing
• wiggling
• shivering
• thrashing
• jiggling
• wriggling
• quivering
• shuddering
• fluttering
• squiggling
• flitting
• quaking
• twittering
• pacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resting
• relaxing
• unwinding
• calming (down)
• stilling

2

as in pounding

to strike repeatedly

he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• whipping
• hiding
• doing
• pelting
• beating
• battering
• chopping
• punching
• smashing
• knocking
• spanking
• hitting
• thumping
• slapping
• thrashing
• slamming
• hammering
• basting
• attacking
• whaling
• pummeling
• batting
• assaulting
• paddling
• pummelling
• currying
• belting
• bludgeoning
• bashing
• raiding
• roughing (up)
• tanning
• flogging
• mauling
• buffeting
• clubbing
• smacking
• belaboring
• working over
• storming
• whacking
• boxing
• slating
• punching out
• messing (up)
• tromping
• slogging
• wounding
• switching
• lathering
• whapping
• birching
• drubbing
• walloping
• fibbing
• whopping
• swiping
• whupping
• lambasting
• pasting
• cracking
• clouting
• lacing
• rushing
• pommelling
• cudgelling
• thwacking
• bunging up
• strapping
• pommeling
• scourging
• cuffing
• beating up on
• swatting
• descending (on or upon)
• cudgeling
• caning
• jumping (on)
• besetting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• whamming
• clobbering
• laying on
• socking
• assailing
• busting
• lamming
• goring
• flagellating
• lacerating
• leathering
• mutilating
• maiming
• whomping
• fustigating
• horsewhipping
• mangling
• cowhiding
• pistol-whipping
• blackjacking
• rawhiding