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- Dictionarythrash/θraʃ/
verb
- 1. beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip: "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders" Similar
- 2. move in a violent and convulsive way: "he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain" Similar
noun
- 1. a violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing: "the thrash of the waves"
- 2. a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music: "after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered"
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THRASH definition: 1. to hit a person or animal hard many times as a punishment: 2. to move from side to side in a…. Learn more.
The meaning of THRASH is to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog. How to use thrash in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Thrash.
To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick. See Synonyms at beat. b. To strike violently; batter: winds that thrashed the boat. 2. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail: The alligator thrashed its tail. 3. To defeat soundly or decisively. 4. To thresh (grain). 5.
Thrash definition: to beat soundly in punishment; flog.. See examples of THRASH used in a sentence.
8 meanings: 1. to beat soundly, as with a whip or stick 2. to defeat totally; overwhelm 3. to beat or plunge about in a wild.... Click for more definitions.
When you thrash someone, you beat them — literally, with your fists, or figuratively, by winning a game or competition.
[intransitive, transitive] to move or make something move in a way that is violent or shows a loss of control. thrash (about/around) Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously in trouble. The animal thrashed about in pain. The cow fell on its side and thrashed about wildly.
Thrash definition: To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail.
1. If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [informal] [...] 2. If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment. [...] 3. If someone thrashesabout, or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something.
THRASH meaning: 1. to hit a person or animal several times as a punishment 2. to move from side to side in a…. Learn more.