Thrash word meaning and definition

[noun] a swimming kick used while treading water
[verb] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
[verb] give a thrashing to; beat hard
[verb] beat the seeds out of a grain; in agriculture
[verb] move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; of overloaded paging systems; "The system is thrashing again!"
[verb] beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
[verb] move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
[verb] dance the slam dance

\Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrashing}.] [OE. [thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan, [thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr["o]ska, Dan. t[ae]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. {Thresh}.] 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. --H. Spencer. 2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
\Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well. 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden.

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