单词 | thrash |
释义 | thrash/θraʃ![]() verb [with object] 1Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip: she thrashed him across the head and shoulders...
Synonyms hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather; North American bullwhip informal give someone a hiding, tan someone's hide, lather, paste, take a strap to, beat the living daylights out of North American informal whale archaic switch, stripe, thong rare quirt beating, flogging, whipping, horsewhipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, caning, belting, leathering; the strap, the birch, the cane, the belt; North American bullwhipping informal hiding, tanning, lathering, pasting, going-over 1.1Hit (something) hard and repeatedly: the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck...
2 [no object] Move in a violent and convulsive way: he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain [with object]: she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim...
Synonyms flail, thresh, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, toss, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch 2.1 (thrash around) Struggle in a desperate or unfocused way to do something: two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing...
2.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] informal Move in a fast or uncontrolled way: I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill...
3 informal Defeat heavily in a contest or match: I thrashed Pete at cards [with object and complement]: Newcastle were thrashed 8-1 by the Czech team...
Synonyms trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees informal lick, hammer, clobber, paste, pound, pulverize, crucify, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, walk all over, wipe the floor with, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank British informal stuff, marmalize North American informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam US informal own crushing defeat, overwhelming defeat, beating, trouncing, walloping, thumping, battering, rout informal hiding, licking, pasting, caning, going-over, drubbing, hammering, pounding, clobbering, demolition, slaughter, massacre, annihilation North American informal shellacking noun 1 [usually in singular] A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing: the thrash of the waves...
1.1 informal A fast and exciting motor race or other sporting event: crews assembled in Richmond town square to tackle the 120-mile thrash 2British informal A party, especially a loud or lavish one: Henry’s charity ball had been one hell of a thrash...
3A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music: after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered...
3.1 (also thrash metal) [mass noun] A style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal: [as modifier]: a grungy thrash band...
Phrasal verbsthrash something out OriginOld English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.
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