thrash

Nouns

  • (n) a swimming kick used while treading water

Verbs

  • (v) give a thrashing to; beat hard flail, lam, thresh,
  • (v) move or stir about violently
    • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
    jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, convulse, toss, slash,
  • (v) dance the slam dance mosh, slam dance, slam,
  • (v) beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
  • (v) move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
    • The system is thrashing again!
  • (v) beat the seeds out of a grain thresh,
  • (v) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    • We licked the other team on Sunday!
    drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat,

Synonyms

flail lam thresh jactitate thrash about thresh about convulse toss slash mosh slam dance slam drub lick clobber cream bat

Words of close approximity

Thrace thrall
thrash about thrasher thrashing thrash out