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Words related to thrash

Related / Similar Words: bat, clobber, drub, lick, thresh, lam, flail, convulse, thresh about, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate, slam dance, slam, mosh

Definition:

a swimming kick used while treading water;

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!";

give a thrashing to; beat hard;

beat the seeds out of a grain;

move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!";

beat so fast that (the heart''s) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all;

move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed";

dance the slam dance;

Hyponyms: whip

Grouped Verbs: thresh, lam, flail, bat, clobber, drub, lick

Part Meronyms: treading water

Derivational Morphology: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, flail, beating, licking, lacing, whacking, thresher, thrasher, threshing machine, threshing, jactitation, jactation, slam dancing, slam dance

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