thrash has definitions from the fields of sport,agriculture,dance,computer science
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[ verb ] give a thrashing to; beat hard

Synonyms

lam flail thresh

Related terms

beat bat flail

2
[ verb ] beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

The startled animal let_out a terrified squeal and thrashed around in the stall .

Related terms

shake beat whip

3
[ verb ] move or stir about violently

Examples

"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

Related terms

shake jerk whip jactitation

4
[ verb ] (agriculture) beat the seeds out of a grain; in agriculture

Synonyms

thresh

Related terms

beat farming thresher

5
[ verb ] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight

Synonyms

lick clobber drub bat

Examples

"We licked the other team on Sunday!"

Related terms

beat

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[ verb ] (computer science) move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; of overloaded paging systems

Examples

"The system is thrashing again!"

Related terms

swap

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[ verb ] (dance) dance the slam dance

Synonyms

slam mosh slam_dance

Related terms

dance slam_dancing

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4277
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[ noun ] (sport) a swimming kick used while treading water
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