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thrash⋅er

  [thrash-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that thrashes.
2. any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, esp. of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds. Compare brown thrasher.
3. thresher (def. 2).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see thrash, -er 1
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thresh⋅er

  [thresh-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that threshes.
2. Also, thrasher. Also called thresher shark. a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which threshes the water with its long tail to drive together the small fish on which it feeds.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME thressher. See thresh, -er 1
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thrash   (thrāsh)   
v.   thrashed, thrash·ing, thrash·es

v.   tr.

  1. To beat with or as if with a flail, especially as a punishment. See Synonyms at beat.

  2. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail: The alligator thrashed its tail.

  3. To defeat utterly; vanquish.

  4. To thresh.

  5. To sail (a boat) against opposing winds or tides.

v.   intr.

  1. To move wildly or violently: thrashed about all night.

  2. To strike or flail.

  3. To thresh.

  4. To sail against opposing tides or winds.

n.  

  1. The act or an instance of thrashing.

  2. Music See speed metal.

Phrasal Verb(s):
thrash outTo discuss fully.

[Variant of thresh.]
thrash'er n.
thrash·er   (thrāsh'ər)   
n.  Any of various New World songbirds of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbird and having a long tail, a long curved beak, and usually a brown head and back.

[Perhaps alteration of thrush1.]
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