to thrash around

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• thrash — thrash1 [ θræʃ ] verb 1. ) transitive to defeat an opponent very easily in a game or competition 2. ) transitive to hit someone hard several times, especially as a punishment 3. ) intransitive or transitive to move in a violent uncontrolled way,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• thrash — I UK [θræʃ] / US verb Word forms thrash : present tense I/you/we/they thrash he/she/it thrashes present participle thrashing past tense thrashed past participle thrashed 1) [transitive] to defeat an opponent very easily in a game or competition… …   English dictionary

• Thrash metal — Stylistic origins NWOBHM, speed metal, hardcore punk, punk rock Cultural origins Early 1980s, Unit …   Wikipedia

• thrash — thrash1 [θræʃ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: thresh] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition, T] to move or make something move from side to side in a violent or uncontrolled way thrash about/around ▪ The girl was thrashing about in the water. ▪ Salmon… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• thrash about — verb move or stir about violently (Freq. 1) The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed • Syn: ↑convulse, ↑thresh, ↑thresh about, ↑thrash, ↑slash, ↑toss, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• thrash — verb 1》 beat repeatedly and violently with or as with a stick or whip. 2》 move in a violent or uncontrolled way: he lay thrashing around in pain. 3》 informal defeat heavily. 4》 (thrash something out) discuss something frankly and thoroughly,… …   English new terms dictionary

• thrash — 1 noun 1 (singular) a violent movement from side to side 2 (C) old fashioned a loud noisy party 3 (U) informal a type of rock 1 (2) music with very loud fast electric guitar playing 2 verb 1 (T) to beat someone violently in order to punish them:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• thrash — v. & n. v. 1 tr. beat severely, esp. with a stick or whip. 2 tr. defeat thoroughly in a contest. 3 intr. (of a paddle wheel, branch, etc.) act like a flail; deliver repeated blows. 4 intr. (foll. by about, around) move or fling the limbs about… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrash — verb 1 hit sb many times ADVERB ▪ soundly ▪ That boy deserves to be soundly thrashed! PREPOSITION ▪ with ▪ He thrashed the poor servant with his stick. 2 move your …   Collocations dictionary

• thrash — verb 1) she thrashed him across the head and shoulders Syn: hit, beat, strike, batter, thump, hammer, pound, rain blows on; assault, attack; cudgel, club; informal wallop, belt, bash, whup, whack, thwack …   Thesaurus of popular words

• thrash out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 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. Idiom: go… …   English dictionary for students