thrash

[ thrash ]

/ θræʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to beat soundly in punishment; flog.

to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors.

Nautical. to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea.

thresh.

verb (used without object)

to toss, or plunge about.

Nautical. to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat.

thresh (defs. 3, 4).

noun

an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.

thresh (def. 5).

Swimming. the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl.

British Slang. a party, usually with drinks.

Verb Phrases

thrash out / over to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively.Also thresh out / over.

SYNONYMS FOR thrash

1 maul, drub.

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Origin of thrash

before 900; Middle English thrasshen, variant of thresshen to thresh

synonym study for thrash

1. See beat.

OTHER WORDS FROM thrash

un·thrashed, adjectivewell-thrashed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH thrash

thrash , thresh

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Example sentences from the Web for thrash

I lay there and thrashed about and all I could hear was my father and ‘ha, ha, ha’.
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I lay there and thrashed about and all I could hear was my father and 'ha, ha, ha'.
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“We got thrashed,” Obama recalled, adding that he thought this time it would be better to just watch a sports event.
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When Saddam Hussein tried to challenge us from within, we thrashed him in the Gulf War.
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But, she dog-paddled furiously, thrashed about, made a lot of waves, and managed not to drown.
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He used to make us do anything that seized his fancy, and if we ventured to refuse, often thrashed us.
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And to cure him the inhuman monster who had borne the name of James Langdon had thrashed him till strength had come.
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“No,” interrupted Joe, smiling contemptuously, as he thought of the dissipated young fellow whom he had thrashed so soundly.
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The Klan visited such characters, warned them, thrashed them, and disarmed them.
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During the long march he had thrashed over again and again all that the success of his rash venture would mean to him.
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British Dictionary definitions for thrash

thrash

/ (θræʃ) /

verb

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

(tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm

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

(intr) to move the legs up and down in the water, as in certain swimming strokes

to sail (a boat) against the wind or tide or (of a boat) to sail in this way

another word for thresh

noun

the act of thrashing; blow; beating

informal a party or similar social gathering

Word Origin for thrash

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

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