thrash
11thrash — thrash, thresh These words were once variants of the same word, but now have different spellings and pronunciations. To thrash is to beat (physically and metaphorically as in thrashing one s opponents), whereas to thresh is to separate grain …
12thrash — sb., en (en musikgenre), i sms. thrash , fx thrashband …
13thrash — index beat (strike), lash (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14thrash — 1580s, to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating, dialectal variant of threshen (see THRESH (Cf. thresh)). Sense of beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail is first recorded c.1600. Meaning to make wild movements like those of a flail… …
15thrash — vb 1 *beat, pound, pummel, buffet, baste, belabor Analogous words: *strike, smite, slug, slap 2 flourish, brandish, shake, *swing, wave Analogous words: wield, manipulate, swing, ply, *handle …
16thrash — [v] flail about; beat batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout,… …
17thrash — [[t]θræ̱ʃ[/t]] thrashes, thrashing, thrashed 1) VERB If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [INFORMAL] [V n amount] Second placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5 nil. [Also V n]… …
18thrash — thrash1 [θræʃ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: thresh] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition, T] to move or make something move from side to side in a violent or uncontrolled way thrash about/around ▪ The girl was thrashing about in the water. ▪ Salmon… …
19thrash — thrash1 [ θræʃ ] verb 1. ) transitive to defeat an opponent very easily in a game or competition 2. ) transitive to hit someone hard several times, especially as a punishment 3. ) intransitive or transitive to move in a violent uncontrolled way,… …
20thrash — I UK [θræʃ] / US verb Word forms thrash : present tense I/you/we/they thrash he/she/it thrashes present participle thrashing past tense thrashed past participle thrashed 1) [transitive] to defeat an opponent very easily in a game or competition… …