trashing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of trash

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

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

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