thrash
Meaning of thrash
verb
- beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
she thrashed him across the head and shoulders
- move in a violent and convulsive way.
he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain
she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim
- defeat heavily in a contest or match.
I thrashed Pete at cards
Newcastle were thrashed 8–1 by the Czech team
- a violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing.
the thrash of the waves
- a party, especially a loud or lavish one.
Henry's charity ball had been one hell of a thrash
- a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music.
after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered
Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.
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Hyphenation of thrash
thrash
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- thrash is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
thrash synonyms
Meaning thresh:
Meaning convulse:
convulse, thresh, slash, toss, jactitate
Meaning slam dance:
Meaning cream:
cream, bat, clobber, drub, lick
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a horsewhip:
Meaning whip (someone) as a punishment:
Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:
Meaning flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:
Meaning beat (someone) with a strip of leather:
Meaning beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:
Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning beat or thrash (someone):
Meaning strike or thrash with a bullwhip:
Meaning form or cause to form a lather:
Meaning coat with paste:
Meaning a very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing:
Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:
Meaning mark with stripes:
Meaning flog or lash with a whip:
Meaning hit with a quirt:
Meaning a punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly:
Meaning a punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick:
Meaning a thrashing or beating with a whip or similar implement:
Meaning a beating with a stick or whip:
Meaning flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:
Meaning a beating with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning belts collectively, or material for belts:
Meaning a punishment in which someone is hit repeatedly:
Meaning a physical beating:
Meaning the action or activity of exposing one's skin to the sun in order to achieve a brown or darkened colour:
Meaning a severe beating or defeat:
Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:
Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:
Meaning wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:
Meaning make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body:
Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:
Meaning twist and turn with quick writhing movements:
Meaning move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements:
Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:
Meaning defeat heavily in a contest:
Meaning defeat and cause to retreat in disorder:
Meaning destroy utterly; obliterate:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning defeat completely:
Meaning outwit or get the better of (someone):
Meaning get the better of; defeat:
Meaning utterly defeat in a game or contest:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning defeat utterly:
Meaning put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment:
Meaning overwhelmingly defeat (a player or team):
Meaning defeat (someone) utterly:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning inflict a heavy defeat on (a sporting opponent):
Meaning defeat (an opponent) thoroughly:
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel:
Meaning defeat heavily in sport:
Meaning varnish (something) with shellac:
Meaning defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all:
Meaning have (something) as one's own; possess:
Meaning a beating:
Meaning pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way:
Meaning the action of striking repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning a heavy defeat or beating:
Meaning a beating; a thrashing:
Meaning the action or sound of hammering something:
Meaning repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something:
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning the action or process of demolishing or being demolished:
Meaning complete destruction or obliteration:
Translation of thrash
Words that rhyme with thrash
rash, Jarash, abrash, brash, cornbrash, ragabrash, stonebrash, vambrash, crash, gatecrash, incrash, postcrash, precrash, Drash, Midrash, midrash, Jerash, ferash, nettlerash, rethrash, unrash, ferrash, overrash, guytrash, gytrash, trash
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