thrash | English to English Dictionary

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thrash

(/T/r/&//S/ )

give a thrashing to; beat hard(verb.contact)

Synonym:
flail, lam, thresh

source: wordnet30
move or stir about violently(verb.motion)

Example:
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed.

Synonym:
convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss

source: wordnet30
dance the slam dance(verb.motion)

Synonym:
mosh, slam, slam dance

source: wordnet30
beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation(verb.motion)

Example:
The system is thrashing again!.

source: wordnet30
beat the seeds out of a grain(verb.contact)

Synonym:
thresh

source: wordnet30
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick

source: wordnet30
To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.(verb)

source: webster1913
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.(verb)

source: webster1913

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