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thrash Definition


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thrash
verb thrashes, thrashed, thrashing
    1. To beat soundly, especially with blows or a whip.
      Thesaurus: trounce, whip, beat, flail, wallop, thresh, punish, spank, tan, whale (US slang).
    2. To defeat thoroughly or decisively.
      Thesaurus: trounce, whip, beat, wallop, defeat, overwhelm, rout, punish.
    intr
    3. To move around violently or wildly.
      Form: thrash about (usually)
      Form: thrash around
    tr & intr
    4. To thresh (corn, etc).
noun
    1. An act of thrashing.
    2. colloq
      A party.
    3. colloq
Derivative: thrashing
noun
    A sound beating, especially with blows or a whip
      Thesaurus: trouncing, whipping, beating, hiding (slang), whaling (US slang), tanning, flogging, punishment, dressing-down.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon therscan.

Phrasal Verb: thrash something out
    To discuss (a problem, etc) thoroughly to try to solve it.


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