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verb (used with object)
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to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
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to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors.
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Nautical. to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea.
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verb (used without object)
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to toss, or plunge about.
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Nautical. to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat.
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Thrashed
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an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
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Swimming. the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl.
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British Slang. a party, usually with drinks.
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thrash out/over, to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively. Also, thresh out/over.
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thrash
1588, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dial. variant of threshen (see thresh). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded 1606. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Type of fast
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