Thrash about
Also, thrash around. Move wildly or violently, as in He thrashed about all night, unable to sleep, or The fish thrashed around on the dock, so Meg threw it back in the water. [ Mid-1800s ]
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verb (used with object) 1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog. 2. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors. 3. Nautical. to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea. 4. thresh. verb (used without object) 5. to toss, or plunge about. 6. Nautical. to make way […]
- Thrasher
noun 1. a person or thing that thrashes. 2. any of several long-tailed, thrushlike birds, especially of the genus Toxostoma, related to the mockingbirds. Compare brown thrasher. 3. thresher (def 2). noun 1. another name for thresher (sense 3) noun 1. any of various brown thrushlike American songbirds of the genus Toxostoma and related genera, […]
- Thrashing
noun 1. a flogging; whipping. 2. the act of a person or thing that thrashes. 3. a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time. verb (used with object) 1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog. 2. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors. 3. Nautical. to force […]
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noun 1. a type of very fast, very loud rock music that combines elements of heavy metal and punk rock Often shortened to thrash
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adjective bragging, boastful; also called thrasonical Word Origin from Thraso, a braggart soldier in “Eunuchus” by Terence