trashing

English

Verb

trashing

1. present participle and gerund of trash

Noun

trashing (countable and uncountable, plural trashings)

1. The act by which something is trashed.
   • 1995, Gary A. Olson, Elizabeth Hirsh, Women Writing Culture, page 136:

     One of the most recent trashings of my work was by Sara Suleri in an issue of Critical Inquiry.

   • 2001, Kathleen M. Blee, France Winddance Twine, Feminism and Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice, page 238:

     As news about the cinema trashings spread, they aroused widespread protest […]

2. (US) Dumpster diving.
3. (Oxford University) A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.

Anagrams

• Hartings, garnisht, granthis, sharting