woodshed

Jazz musicians call the hard work of improvising being in the woodshed. To aid these skills they copy and memorize the jazz solos of the masters and experiment with their own ideas.

Her best musical ideas came after spending hours woodshedding.

by Bruce Miller December 5, 2003

woodshed

To practice one's instrument. It is a term that comes from jazz culture. It originated from drumset practice due to the fact that drum sticks, after hours of playing, start to flake off small bits of wood (usually covering the floor around the drumset). This is reffered to as woodshedding. Although it originated as a drumming term, it is commonly used for any instrument. A shortened form of the word is shedding. Also, people generally refer to a place of practice as a woodshed or a shed.

Roy sound great. He's been woodsheddin' lately.

I sound like shit. I gotta hit the shed.

This gig coming up is pretty tough. I'd have to shed my parts.

by Howie Gordon October 31, 2005

woodshed

the house that fights back

Let's go play darts at the woodshed

by zoogy March 7, 2005

Woodshed

To store up ideas, experiences, pantry food for future use.

Using a tape recorder she woodsheds song ideas and melodies to work on later.

by Bruce Miller December 5, 2003

taken to the woodshed

1. To be given a spanking

2. To be taught a lesson, defeated, or embarrassed like you got spanked.

1. Boy 1: Why is Tommy rubbing his butt?
Boy 2: His Dad saw his report card and he got taken to the woodshed.
Boy 1: Ouch!

2. Biden got taken to the woodshed for going off script again.

by NoSugar April 11, 2022

Woodshed Moment

Wood shed is an outbuilding where the firewood was kept back in the olden days. Usually there was room inside for a couple of seats (unsplit logs) to facilitate smokin' & jokin'. However, it was also a convenient and enclosed space to deliver an ass-whuppin' in relative private without disturbing the better-behaved children of the house. These days a "woodshed moment" is not limited to a beating, and can apply to disciplinary conferences in an employer/employee relationship.

"What the...Brad botched the meeting and cost us a client! When he gets in we're going to have a woodshed moment."

by ChickenThe Cat October 10, 2018

Take Jimmy to the Woodshed

Take Jimmy to the Woodshed

A polite reference to one beating off one’s cock n balls with a feverish, almost abusive, spanking action.

I’m gonna take jimmy to the woodshed tonight when I get home.

I took jimmy to the woodshed several times last night. My nuts are drained.

Take jimmy to the woodshed

by Dick Onchin October 22, 2020