thrash

[[t]θræ̱ʃ[/t]]

thrashes, thrashing, thrashed

1) VERB If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [INFORMAL]

[V n amount] Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil. [Also V n]

Syn:

hammer

2) VERB If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment.

[V n] `Liar!' Sarah screamed, as she thrashed the child. `You stole it.'

3) V-ERG If someone thrashes about, or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something. You can also say that someone's arms or legs thrash about.

[V adv/prep] Many of the crew died a terrible death as they thrashed about in shark-infested waters.

[V adv/prep] ...dreams so vivid that I thrash inside my sleeping bag and cry out...

[V n adv/prep] Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.

4) VERB If a person or thing thrashes something, or thrashes at something, they hit it continually in a violent or noisy way.

[V n] ...a magnificent paddle-steamer on the mighty Mississippi, her huge wheel thrashing the muddy water...

[V at n] Three shaggy-haired men thrash tunelessly at their guitars.

N-SING

Thrash is also a noun.

...the thrash of the horses' hooves.

5) N-COUNT A thrash is a party. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

Harry always invited Charlie when he threw a thrash in his office.

Syn:

bash

6) → See also thrashing

Phrasal Verbs:

- thrash out