Thrash Definition
thrăsh
thrashed, thrashes, thrashing
verb
thrashed, thrashes, thrashing
To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
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To move or toss about violently, flinging the arms, legs, etc. about wildly or vigorously.
Thrashing in agony.
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To give a severe beating to; flog.
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Antonyms:
- be still
noun
thrashes
The act of thrashing.
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A style of heavy metal rock characterized by a fast tempo, minimal melodic and harmonic components, rapidly shouted lyrics, and the thrashing about of both musicians and audience.
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idiom
thrash out
- to settle by detailed discussion
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thrash over
- to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Thrash
- thrash out
- thrash over
Origin of Thrash
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From Middle English thrasshen, a dialectal variant of thresshen, threshen (whence the modern English thresh), from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, whence also Old High German dreskan, Old Norse þreskja.
From Wiktionary
Variant of thresh
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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