thrash
pronunciation
How to pronounce thrash in British English:
UK [θræʃ]
How to pronounce thrash in American English:
US [θræʃ]
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- Noun:
- a swimming kick used while treading water
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- Verb:
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat thoroughly in a competition or fight
Word Origin
- thrash
- thrash: see threshold
- thrash (v.)
- 1580s, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed; thrashing. As a noun from 1660s, "threshing tool;" 1840s as "a beating;" 1982 as the name for a type of fast heavy metal music.
Example
- 1. Ossie would randomly thrash out , even crying for his mom .
- 2. She would never thrash her children .
- 3. Every few years , the governments of belgium , france and luxembourg gather around a table to thrash out how to save a crippled regional financial services group .
- 4. Listen ! If I get angry , I will thrash both of you !
- 5. Let 's thrash the whole subject out .