thrash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a swimming kick used while treading water
  2. verb give a thrashing to; beat hard
    lam; thresh; flail.
  3. verb move or stir about violently
    thresh about; thrash about; convulse; jactitate; thresh; slash; toss.
    • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
  4. verb dance the slam dance
    slam dance; slam; mosh.
  5. verb beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
  6. verb move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
    • The system is thrashing again!
  7. verb beat the seeds out of a grain
    thresh.
  8. verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    bat; lick; drub; clobber; cream.
    • We licked the other team on Sunday!

WordNet

Thrash, Thresh transitive verb (Also<
  • Thrash
  • Thresh
)
Etymology
OE. reschen, reshen, to beat, AS. erscan, rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. reskja, Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. riskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Thrashed ; present participle & verbal noun Thrashing
Definitions
  1. 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.
    The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.
  2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
Thrash, Thresh transitive verb (Also<
  • Thrash
  • Thresh
)
Definitions
  1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
  2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
    I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.

Webster 1913