Definition of Thrash

1. Verb. Give a thrashing to; beat hard. "They want to thrash the prisoners "

Exact synonyms: Flail, Lam, Thresh
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Related verbs: Bat, Clobber, Cream, Drub, Lick
Derivative terms: Flail, Thrashing

2. Noun. A swimming kick used while treading water.
Generic synonyms: Swimming Kick
Group relationships: Treading Water

3. Verb. Move or stir about violently. ; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Exact synonyms: Convulse, Jactitate, Slash, Thrash About, Thresh, Thresh About, Toss
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Specialized synonyms: Whip
Derivative terms: Jactitation, Toss

4. Verb. Dance the slam dance. "Sam and Sue thrash"

5. Verb. Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all.
Generic synonyms: Beat, Pound, Thump

6. Verb. Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation. ; "The system is thrashing again!"
Generic synonyms: Swap

7. Verb. Beat the seeds out of a grain. "The fighter managed to thrash his opponent"
Exact synonyms: Thresh
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Beat
Derivative terms: Thrasher, Thresher, Threshing

8. Verb. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. "The fighter managed to thrash his opponent"; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Exact synonyms: Bat, Clobber, Cream, Drub, Lick
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Related verbs: Flail, Lam, Thresh
Derivative terms: Drubbing, Thrashing

Definition of Thrash

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. t. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

Definition of Thrash

1. Verb. To beat mercilessly. ¹

2. Verb. To defeat utterly. ¹

3. Verb. To thresh. ¹

4. Verb. To move about wildly or violently; to flail. ¹

5. Verb. (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. ¹

6. Verb. (computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system. ¹

7. Noun. A beat or blow; the sound of beating. ¹

8. Noun. (music) A particularly aggressive and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical precision, and alternate picking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thrash

1. to beat [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: beat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrash

thralldoms
thralled
thralling
thralls
thraneen
thraneens
thrang
thranged
thranging
thrangs
thranite
thranites
thrapple
thrappled
thrapples
thrash (current term)
thrash about
thrash metal
thrash out
thrashcore
thrashed
thrashel
thrashels
thrasher
thrashers
thrashes
thrashier
thrashiest
thrashing
thrashing floor

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