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thrash

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: thrash

1
 vn
give a thrashing to; beat hard
a swimming kick used while treading water
2
 v
dance the slam dance
3
 v
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: thrash
1

v give a thrashing to; beat hard

Synonyms:
flail, lam, thresh
bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Type of:
beat, beat up, work over
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

v beat the seeds out of a grain

Synonyms:
thresh
Type of:
beat
hit repeatedly

v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Synonyms:
bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick
flail, lam, thresh
give a thrashing to; beat hard
Type of:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

v move or stir about violently

“The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”
Synonyms:
convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
Types:
whip
thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
Type of:
agitate, shake
move or cause to move back and forth

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

Type of:
beat, pound, thump
move rhythmically

n a swimming kick used while treading water

Type of:
swimming kick
a movement of the legs in swimming
2

v dance the slam dance

Synonyms:
mosh, slam, slam dance
Type of:
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
3

v move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

“The system is thrashing again!”
Type of:
swap
move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
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