"trashing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trashings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trashing (countable and uncountable, plural trashings)
  1. The act by which something is trashed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trashing-en-noun-k4igqRK1
  2. (US) Dumpster diving. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trashing-en-noun-YTYHPcCA Categories (other): American English
  3. (Oxford University) A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trashing-en-noun-X-~xXCoe Categories (other): Oxford University English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 30 65 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 25 67 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 22 72 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} trashing
  1. present participle and gerund of trash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: trash
    Sense id: en-trashing-en-verb-DWtJ8~oP

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1995, Gary A. Olson, Elizabeth Hirsh, Women Writing Culture, page 136:",
          "text": "One of the most recent trashings of my work was by Sara Suleri in an issue of Critical Inquiry.",
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          "ref": "2001, Kathleen M. Blee, France Winddance Twine, Feminism and Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice, page 238:",
          "text": "As news about the cinema trashings spread, they aroused widespread protest […]",
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