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Definitions for Thrash

[1] to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
[2] to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors.
[3] Nautical . to force (a close-hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea.
[4] thresh.
[5] to toss, or plunge about.
[6] Nautical . to make way against the wind, tide, etc.; beat.
[7] thresh(defs 3, 4) .
[8] an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
[9] thresh(def 5) .
[10] Swimming . the upward and downward movement of the legs, as in the crawl.
[11] British Slang . a party, usually with drinks.
[12] thrash out /over , to talk over thoroughly and vigorously in order to reach a decision, conclusion, or understanding; discuss exhaustively. Also thresh out /over.
[13] (tr) to beat soundly, as with a whip or stick
[14] (tr) to defeat totally; overwhelm
[15] (intr) to beat or plunge about in a wild manner
[16] (intr) to move the legs up and down in the water, as in certain swimming strokes
[17] to sail (a boat) against the wind or tide or (of a boat) to sail in this way
[18] another word for thresh
[19] the act of thrashing; blow; beating
[20] informal a party or similar social gathering

Words related to Thrash

pummel, overwhelm, rout, trounce, spank, crush, clobber, defeat, paste, maul, whip, trim, pound, toss, wallop, belabor, seesaw, cane, kill, pitch

Words nearby Thrash

thrale, thrall, thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrash metal, thrash out, thrasher, thrashing

Origin of Thrash

before 900; Middle English thrasshen, variant of thresshen to thresh

Words that may be confused with Thrash

thrash, thresh

Other words from Thrash

un·thrashed , adjective
well-thrashed , adjective

Word origin for Thrash

Old English threscan; related to Old High German dreskan, Old Norse thriskja

Synonyms for Thrash

beat up, clobber, crush, defeat, maul, overwhelm, paste, pummel, rout, spank, trounce, whip, batter, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste, lick, murder, pelt, pitch, pound, punish, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, stir, strike, surge, tan, thresh, toss, trash, trim, wallop, wax, writhe, tan one's hide, toss and turn, work over