thresh has definitions from the field of agriculture
1
[ verb ] move or stir about violently

Examples

"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

Related terms

shake jerk whip jactitation

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

(Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)

The bodies in the truck threshed and bawled without human speech when the dromozoa struck them .

Related terms

shake beat whip

3
[ verb ] move like a flail; thresh about

Synonyms

flail

Examples

"Her arms were flailing"

Related terms

beat

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

Synonyms

thrash

Related terms

beat farming thresher

5
[ verb ] give a thrashing to; beat hard

Synonyms

thrash flail lam

Related terms

beat bat flail

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