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   thrash

   /θraʃ/

   verb

   • 1. beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip: "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders" Similar hitbeatflogwhiphorsewhipscourgelashflagellateflailstrapbirchcanebeltleatherbullwhipinformal:give someone a hidingtan someone's hidelatherpastetake a strap tobeat the living daylights out ofwhalearchaic:switchstripethongrare:quirt
   • ▪ hit (something) hard and repeatedly: "the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck"
   • 2. move in a violent and convulsive way: "he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain" Similar flailthreshfloundertoss and turnjerktosssquirmwrithetwistwrigglewiggletwitch
   • ▪ struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something: "two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing"
   • ▪ move in a fast or uncontrolled way: informal "I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill"
   • 3. defeat heavily in a contest or match: "I thrashed Pete at cards" Similar trouncebeat hollowdefeat utterlyroutannihilatetriumph overwin a resounding victory overbe victorious overcrushoverwhelmbestget the better ofworstbring someone to their kneesinformal:lickhammerclobberpastepoundpulverizecrucifydemolishdestroydrubgive someone a drubbingcanewalk all overwipe the floor withgive someone a hidingtake to the cleanersblow someone out of the watermake mincemeat ofmurdermassacreslaughterflattenturn inside outtankstuffmarmalizeblow outcreamshellacskunkslamown

   noun

   • 1. a violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing: "the thrash of the waves"
   • ▪ a fast and exciting motor race or other sporting event: informal "crews assembled in Richmond town square to tackle the 120-mile thrash"
   • 2. a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music: "after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered"
   • ▪ a style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal: "a grungy thrash band"
   • 3. a party, especially a lively or lavish one: informal British "Henry's charity ball had been one hell of a thrash"

   Word Origin Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.

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