thrash

Definitions


[θraʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip
(e.g: she thrashed him across the head and shoulders)

- move in a violent and convulsive way
(e.g: he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain)

- defeat heavily in a contest or match
(e.g: I thrashed Pete at cards)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century


[θraʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing
(e.g: the thrash of the waves)

- a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music
(e.g: after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered)

- a party, especially a lively or lavish one
(e.g: Henry's charity ball had been one hell of a thrash)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century




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