thrash

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These words were once variants of the same word, but now have different spellings and pronunciations. To thrash is to beat (physically and metaphorically as in thrashing one's opponents), whereas to thresh is to separate grain.

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also thrash out

verb

1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw: flail, thresh. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
3. To punish with blows or lashes: beat, flog, hide², lash, whip. Informal trim. Slang lay into, lick. See attack/defend, reward/punish/deserve.
4. To swing about or strike at wildly: flail, thresh, toss. Idioms: toss and turn. See attack/defend, move/halt, strike/miss.
5. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, trounce, vanquish. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.

phrasal verb - thrash out (or over)

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thresh out (or over), toss around. Informal hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around). Slang rap³. Idioms: go into a huddle. See words.

v

Definition: flail about; beat
Antonyms: be still

To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful. Paging or swapping systems that are overloaded waste most of their time moving data into and out of core (rather than performing useful computation) and are therefore said to thrash. Someone who keeps changing his mind (esp. about what to work on next) is said to be thrashing. A person frantically trying to execute too many tasks at once (and not spending enough time on any single task) may also be described as thrashing. Compare multitask.

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IN BRIEF: To beat severely. Also: To move about in a violent way.

The lion thrashed his tail violently, uncertain whether or not to attack.

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noun
noun

A party, esp. a lavish one. (1957 —) .
K. Amis No quiet family party at all, it had turned out, but a twenty-cover thrash (1968).

[From earlier sense, act of thrashing.]

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For a list of words related to thrash, see:

• Styles and Genres - thrash: frenetic, loud, aggressive punk rock
• Violent Actions - thrash: beat or flog

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tærske, piske, slå, prygle
v. intr. - slå om sig, sprælle med benene, sprælle
n. - tæsk, prygl

idioms:

• thrash about    slå om sig
• thrash metal    thrash metal (rockmusik)
• thrash out    drøfte til bunds

Nederlands (Dutch)
afranselen, inmaken (overwinnen), woelen, zwiep

Français (French)
v. tr. - rouer de coups, (Mil, Sport) écraser, piler (opposition) (fam)
v. intr. - s'agiter, battre, rosser, (Naut) naviguer contre vent
n. - (GB) grande fête, (Mus) thrash

idioms:

• thrash about    se débattre, agiter
• thrash metal    type de musique rock
• thrash out    venir à bout de, réussir à élaborer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verprügeln, große Fete
v. - verdreschen, (vernichtend) schlagen, (mar.) knüppeln

idioms:

• thrash about    sich hin- und herwerfen, um sich schlagen
• thrash metal    sehr schnelle, laute Rockmusik
• thrash out    ausdiskutieren, ausarbeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χτύπημα, ξυλοφόρτωμα, δάρσιμο, ξεφάντωμα, τρελή γιορτή
v. - χτυπώ, ραβδίζω, δέρνω, ξυλοφορτώνω, (μτφ.) νικώ, μαστιγώνω

idioms:

• thrash about    σφαδάζω, χτυπιέμαι, σπαράζω
• thrash metal    θρας μέταλ, νεοφερμένο οριακό ιδίωμα της "μεταλλικής" ροκ μουσικής
• thrash out    διαλευκαίνω, ξεκαθαρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
bastonare

idioms:

• thrash about    dimenarsi
• thrash metal    metallo vile
• thrash out    discutere a fondo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - debulha (f), agitação (f)
v. - surrar, espancar

idioms:

• thrash about    debater-se
• thrash metal    tipo de música rock
• thrash out    esgotar (assunto, questão)

Русский (Russian)
хлестать, стегать. пороть, молотить, (разг.) победить, "всыпать", веселье

idioms:

• thrash about    метаться, плескаться в воде
• thrash metal    род музыки "поп"
• thrash out    обстоятельно обсудить вопрос, проработать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - trillar, azotar, dar una paliza a
v. intr. - dar golpes, revolcarse, agitarse
n. - jolgorio, paliza, pataleo (natación)

idioms:

• thrash about    revolverse, retorcerse
• thrash metal    música pop estruendosa
• thrash out    discutir a fondo, dar vueltas a, descubrir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - speed-metal (mus.), vilt party, vildsint musik
v. - slå, klå, besegra, ge stryk, piska, tröska

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
打, 胜过, 使逆行, 痛打, 连续拍击, 打谷, 脱粒, 翻跳, 扭动, 逆风浪行进, 踢水动作

idioms:

• thrash about    剧烈扭动, 猛烈跳动, 翻来覆去
• thrash out    研究解决

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 打, 勝過, 使逆行
v. intr. - 痛打, 連續拍擊, 打穀, 脫粒, 翻跳, 扭動
n. - 打穀, 逆風浪行進, 踢水動作

idioms:

• thrash about    劇烈扭動, 猛烈跳動, 翻來覆去
• thrash out    研究解決

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마구 때리다, 격파하다, 떨다
v. intr. - 뒹굴다, 파도를 헤치고 나아가다, 탈곡하다
n. - 때림, 지움, 이김

idioms:

• thrash about    엎치락 뒤치락 하다
• thrash out    충분히 검토하다, 논의 끝에 해결하다, 토의 끝에 도달하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 脱穀する, 打つ, 繰り返し検討する, 打ち当たる, 手足をばたつかせる
n. - ばた足

idioms:

• thrash about    揺り動く
• thrash metal    大きな音で激しく音を立てるロック・ミュージック
• thrash out    徹底的に論議する, 論議の末に到達する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضربه, جلدة (فعل) يجلد, يسوط, يدرس, ( الحنطه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצליף, היכה, חבט, דש, הביס‬
v. intr. - ‮פרפר, התחבט, פילסה דרך במים גועשים (ספינה), הניע את גפיו באלימות או בבהלה‬
n. - ‮הצלפה, הכאה, מסיבת שחיתות (בריטניה)‬

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