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thrash

(thrăsh)

v. thrashed, thrash·ing, thrash·es

v.tr.

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. To sail (a boat) against opposing winds or tides.

v.intr.

1. To move wildly or violently: squirrels thrashing about in a cage.

2. To strike or flail.

3. To thresh.

4. To sail against opposing tides or winds.

1. The act or an instance of thrashing: "We sat on, listening to the thrash of night trees" (Roger Angell).

2. Music See speed metal.

Phrasal Verbs:

thrash about (or around)

To struggle to decide or determine something: advisers thrashing about trying to develop a new policy.

thrash out

To discuss fully or produce by discussion: thrashed out their differences; thrashed out an agreement.

[Variant of thresh.]

thrash′er n.

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thrash

(θræʃ)

1. (tr) to beat soundly, as with a whip or stick

2. (tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm

3. (intr) to beat or plunge about in a wild manner

4. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (intr) to move the legs up and down in the water, as in certain swimming strokes

5. (Nautical Terms) to sail (a boat) against the wind or tide or (of a boat) to sail in this way

6. (Agriculture) another word for thresh

7. the act of thrashing; blow; beating

8. informal a party or similar social gathering

[Old English threscan; related to Old High German dreskan, Old Norse thriskja]

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thrash

(θræʃ)

v.t.

1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog.

2. to defeat thoroughly.

3. to beat or move wildly or violently; flail.

4. thresh.

v.i.

5. to toss or plunge about wildly or violently.

6. thresh.

7. thrash out or over, to talk over thoroughly in order to reach a decision or understanding.

8. an act or instance of thrashing; beating.

9. thresh.

10. the upward and downward movement of the legs in swimming.

[before 900; Middle English; compare Old English thærscan, by-form of therscan to thresh]

syn: See beat.

thrash

Past participle: thrashed
Gerund: thrashing

Imperative
thrash
thrash

Present
I thrash
you thrash
he/she/it thrashes
we thrash
you thrash
they thrash

Preterite
I thrashed
you thrashed
he/she/it thrashed
we thrashed
you thrashed
they thrashed

Present Continuous
I am thrashing
you are thrashing
he/she/it is thrashing
we are thrashing
you are thrashing
they are thrashing

Present Perfect
I have thrashed
you have thrashed
he/she/it has thrashed
we have thrashed
you have thrashed
they have thrashed

Past Continuous
I was thrashing
you were thrashing
he/she/it was thrashing
we were thrashing
you were thrashing
they were thrashing

Past Perfect
I had thrashed
you had thrashed
he/she/it had thrashed
we had thrashed
you had thrashed
they had thrashed

Future
I will thrash
you will thrash
he/she/it will thrash
we will thrash
you will thrash
they will thrash

Future Perfect
I will have thrashed
you will have thrashed
he/she/it will have thrashed
we will have thrashed
you will have thrashed
they will have thrashed

Future Continuous
I will be thrashing
you will be thrashing
he/she/it will be thrashing
we will be thrashing
you will be thrashing
they will be thrashing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been thrashing
you have been thrashing
he/she/it has been thrashing
we have been thrashing
you have been thrashing
they have been thrashing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been thrashing
you will have been thrashing
he/she/it will have been thrashing
we will have been thrashing
you will have been thrashing
they will have been thrashing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been thrashing
you had been thrashing
he/she/it had been thrashing
we had been thrashing
you had been thrashing
they had been thrashing

Conditional
I would thrash
you would thrash
he/she/it would thrash
we would thrash
you would thrash
they would thrash

Past Conditional
I would have thrashed
you would have thrashed
he/she/it would have thrashed
we would have thrashed
you would have thrashed
they would have thrashed

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thrash

A form of rock or heavy metal music that developed in the 1980s. Characterized by a very rapid tempo, aggressive atonal guitar playing, and visceral subject matter.

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Noun	1.	thrash - a swimming kick used while treading water swimming kick - a movement of the legs in swimming treading water - a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms
Verb	1.	thrash - give a thrashing to; beat hard flail, lam, thresh beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
	2.	thrash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" thrash about, thresh, thresh about, jactitate, convulse, toss, slash shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
	3.	thrash - dance the slam dance mosh, slam dance, slam trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"
	4.	thrash - beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all thump, beat, pound - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
	5.	thrash - move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!" swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
	6.	thrash - beat the seeds out of a grain thresh farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
	7.	thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" flail, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard

thrash

verb

1. defeat, beat, hammer (informal), stuff (slang), tank (slang), crush, overwhelm, slaughter (informal), lick (informal), paste (slang), rout, maul, trounce, clobber (slang), run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), make mincemeat of (informal), blow someone out of the water (slang), drub, beat someone hollow (Brit. informal) They thrashed their opponents 5-nil.

2. beat, wallop, whip, hide (informal), belt (informal), leather, tan (slang), cane, lick (informal), paste (slang), birch, flog, scourge, spank, clobber (slang), lambast(e), flagellate, horsewhip, give someone a (good) hiding (informal), drub, take a stick to 'Liar!' she screamed, as she thrashed the child.

3. thresh, flail, jerk, plunge, toss, squirm, writhe, heave, toss and turn He collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about.

thrash something out settle, resolve, discuss, debate, solve, argue out, have something out, talk something over an effort to thrash out differences about which they have strong feelings

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thrash

verb

1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw:

flail, thresh.

2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thresh.

Informal: lambaste.

Slang: clobber.

Idiom: rain blows on.

3. To punish with blows or lashes:

beat, flog, hide, lash, whip.

Informal: trim.

Slang: lay into, lick.

4. To swing about or strike at wildly:

flail, thresh, toss.

Idiom: toss and turn.

5. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:

annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, trounce, vanquish.

Informal: massacre, wallop.

Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear.

phrasal verb
thrash out or over

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:

bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thresh out (or over), toss around.

Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around).

Slang: rap.

Idiom: go into a huddle.

Translations

يَتَخَبَّط، يَتَحَرَّكُ بِعُنْفٍيَضْرِب، يَجْلِديَهْزِمُ بِسُهولَه

bítházet sebourozdrtit

bankekaste sigtæske

toben verdreschen vernichtend schlagen

agramar apalear apalizar tundir vapulear

battre débattre fustiger rosser

dobálja magátelvertönkrever

berja; hÿîaberjast umbursta, sigra auîveldlega

battere battito continuo sconfiggere vibrare

daužytisišpertipėrimasperti

mētātiespērtsakautsistsvaidīties

få ordentlig juling jule opp

биться фигня

tepsti

ağır yenilgiye uğratmakçırpınmakdayak atmakdövmekkıvranmak

大胜猛烈地摔打痛打

thrash

[θræʃ]

A. VT

1. (= beat) → golpear; [+ person] → apalear, dar una paliza a; (as punishment) → azotar

2. (= defeat) → dar una paliza a, cascar

3. (also thrash about, thrash around) [+ legs, arms] → agitar mucho

B. VI (also thrash about, thrash around) → revolverse; (in water) → revolcarse
he thrashed about with his stick → daba golpes por todos lados con su bastón
they were thrashing about in the water → se estaban revolcando en el agua

C. N (Brit) → juerga f, fiesta f

thrash out VT + ADV [+ problem, difficulty] → discutir a fondo; [+ plan] → idear; [+ deal] → alcanzar
to thrash out an agreement → llegar a un acuerdo

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thrash

[ˈθræʃ] vt

(= hit) → rouer de coups

(= defeat) → donner une raclée à , donner une bonne raclée à

thrash about

vi → se débattre

thrash out

vt sep [+ problem, differences] → débattre de

thrash

(= beat) → verprügeln, verdreschen; donkey etc → einschlagen auf (+acc); to thrash the (living) daylights out of somebody (inf) → jdn grün und blau schlagen

(Sport inf) opponent → (vernichtend) schlagen

(= move wildly) arms → schlagen mit, fuchteln mit; legs → strampeln mit; he thrashed his arms (about) angrily → er schlug wütend (mit den Armen) um sich

(Agr) = thresh

vi to thrash about or around → um sich schlagen; (in bed) → sich herumwerfen; (fish) → zappeln; the branches thrashed against the panes → die Zweige schlugen gegen die Fensterscheiben

n (dated Brit, inf, = party) → Party f

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thrash

[θræʃ]

1. vt (gen) → percuotere, picchiare; (with whip) → frustare; (with stick) → bastonare (Sport) (fam) (defeat) → dare una batosta a, battere

2. vi (also thrash about, thrash around) → agitarsi, dibattersi

thrash out vt + adv (problem, difficulty, discuss) → sviscerare; (solve) → risolvere; (plan) → mettere a punto con difficoltà