trashing

The act by which something is trashed.

Noun

  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:
    • As news about the cinema trashings spread, they aroused widespread protest […] - 2001, Kathleen M. Blee, France Winddance Twine, Feminism and Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice, page 238:
  2. Dumpster diving.
  3. A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.

Forms

trashings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of trash