| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  thr sh |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: thrashed, thrash·ing, thrash·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To beat with or as if with a flail, especially as a punishment. See synonyms at beat. 2. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail: The alligator thrashed its tail. 3. To defeat utterly; vanquish. 4. To thresh. 5. To sail (a boat) against opposing winds or tides. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To move wildly or violently: thrashed about all night. 2. To strike or flail. 3. To thresh. 4. To sail against opposing tides or winds. | | NOUN: | 1. The act or an instance of thrashing. 2. Music See speed metal. | | PHRASAL VERB: | thrash out To discuss fully. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Variant of thresh. | | OTHER FORMS: | thrash er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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