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thrash

  [thrash] ,
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–verb (used with object)
1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
2. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors.
3. Nautical. to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea.
4. thresh.
–verb (used without object)
5. to toss, or plunge about.
6. Nautical. to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat.
7. thresh.
–noun
8. an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
9. thresh.
10. Swimming. the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl.
11. British Slang. a party, usually with drinks.
—Verb phrase
12. thrash out or over, to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME thrasshen, var. of thresshen to thresh

Synonyms:
1. maul, drub. See beat.
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thresh

  [thresh] ,
–verb (used with object)
1. to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
2. to beat as if with a flail.
–verb (used without object)
3. to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
4. to deliver blows as if with a flail.
–noun
5. the act of threshing.
—Verb phrase
6. thresh out or over. thrash (def. 12).
Also, thrash.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME threschen, thresshen, OE threscan; c. G dreschen, Goth thriskan; akin to D dorsen, ON thriskja
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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