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thrash
(/T/r/&//S/ )

noun (n)

  • a swimming kick used while treading water(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • give a thrashing to; beat hard(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    flail, lam, thresh
    source: wordnet30
  • move or stir about violently(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed.
    Synonym:
    convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
    source: wordnet30
  • dance the slam dance(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    mosh, slam, slam dance
    source: wordnet30
  • beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The system is thrashing again!.
    source: wordnet30
  • beat the seeds out of a grain(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    thresh
    source: wordnet30
  • beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick
    source: wordnet30
  • To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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