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verb
- 1. beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip: "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders" Similar
- 2. move in a violent and convulsive way: "he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain" Similar
noun
- 1. a violent or noisy movement, typically involving hitting something repeatedly: "the thrash of the waves"
- 2. a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music: "after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered"
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1. a. : to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog. b. : to defeat decisively or severely. thrashed the visiting team. 2. : to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail. thrashing his arms. 3. a. : to go over again and again. thrash the matter over inconclusively. b. : to hammer out : forge. thrash out a plan. 4.
THRASH definition: 1. to hit a person or animal hard many times as a punishment: 2. to move from side to side in a…. Learn more.
a. To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick. See Synonyms at beat. b. To strike violently; batter: winds that thrashed the boat. 2. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail: The alligator thrashed its tail. 3. To defeat soundly or decisively. 4. To thresh (grain). 5.
Thrash definition: to beat soundly in punishment; flog.. See examples of THRASH used in a sentence.
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. synonyms: annihilate, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick. flail, lam, thresh. give a thrashing to; beat hard. see more see less. verb. move or stir about violently. “The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed” synonyms: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
1. verb. If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [informal] The team thrashed their opponents 5-nil. [V n amount] [Also VERB noun] 2. verb. If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment.
[intransitive, transitive] to move or make something move in a way that is violent or shows a loss of control. thrash (about/around) Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously in trouble. The animal thrashed about in pain. The cow fell on its side and thrashed about wildly.
Thrash definition: To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail.
[intransitive, transitive] to move or make something move in a violent or uncontrolled way thrash (about/around) Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously in trouble. The animal thrashed about in pain. thrash something (about/around) A whale was thrashing the water with its tail. She thrashed her head from side to side.
THRASH definition: 1. to hit a person or animal several times as a punishment 2. to move from side to side in a…. Learn more.