Thrash - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|θræʃ|
Brit.
|θræʃ|
noun
- a swimming kick used while treading water
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard (syn: flail, lam, thresh)
- move or stir about violently (syn: convulse, slash, thrash about, thresh, toss)
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (syn: bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick)
- move or stir about violently (syn: convulse, slash, thrash about, thresh, toss)
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
- dance the slam dance (syn: slam)- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
The system is thrashing again!
- beat the seeds out of a grain (syn: thresh)- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (syn: bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick)
Extra examples
He thrashed me with his belt.
The team thrashed them last week.
Something was thrashing wildly in the water.
She thrashed around in her sleep.
The shark swam away with a thrash of its tail.
The girl was thrashing about in the water.
Salmon thrash their tails and leap from the water.
My poor brother used to get thrashed for all kinds of minor offences.
Brazil thrashed Italy 5-0.
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
The system is thrashing again!
Phrasal verbs
thrash about
— move or stir about violently
thrash out — discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement
thrash out — discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: thrash
he/she/it: thrashes
present participle: thrashing
past tense: thrashed
past participle: thrashed
I/you/we/they: thrash
he/she/it: thrashes
present participle: thrashing
past tense: thrashed
past participle: thrashed
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