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trashings

trashings is the plural of trashing.

Meaning of trashing

Noun

trashing (countable and uncountable, plural trashings)

  1. The act by which something is trashed.
    • One of the most recent trashings of my work was by Sara Suleri in an issue of Critical Inquiry.1995, Gary A. Olson, Elizabeth Hirsh, Women Writing Culture, page 136
  2. (US) Dumpster diving.
  3. (Oxford University) A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.

Questions about trashings

What is trashings the plural of?
Trashings is the plural of trashing.

Words near trashings in the dictionary

  1. trashily
  2. trashiness
  3. trashinesses
  4. trashing
  5. trashing out
  6. trashings
  7. trashion
  8. Trashiyangtse
  9. trashland
  10. trashlands
  11. trashless

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