Also thrash.
Origin of thresh
before 900; Middle English threschen, thresshen, Old English threscan; cognate with German dreschen, Gothic thriskan; akin to Dutch dorsen, Old Norse thriskja
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Related Words for thresh
assault, cane, castigate, slap, ram, bruise, spank, belabor, hammer, belt, pummel, pelt, cudgel, trounce, maltreat, swat, lambaste, flagellate, club, punishExamples from the Web for thresh
Historical Examples of thresh
But fortunately he came up on the surface to thresh about some more.
Tales of FishesZane Grey
The Moujik began to thresh: from every sheaf he got a peck of grain.
Russian Fairy TalesW. R. S. Ralston
All his optimism failed to thresh a grain of hope from the chaff of his postulations.
Cabbages and KingsO. Henry
He fell with a great roar, and began to thresh about in the bushes.
The Young Alaskans on the TrailEmerson Hough
Be sensible; stack what you can, but don't wait to thresh or grind.
The ReckoningRobert W. Chambers
thresh
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noun
Word Origin for thresh
Old English threscan; related to Gothic thriskan, Old Norse thriskja; see thrash
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