thrash

thrash
Synonyms and related words:
bang, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, belt, best, birch, bolt, buffet, cane, clobber, club, cordon, cordon off, cowhide, cudgel, cull out, cut, defeat, destroy, divide, do in, drub, fix, flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fustigate, ghettoize, gin, give a whipping, give the stick, hammer, hide, hors de combat, horsewhip, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, lay aside, lay on, lick, maul, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, pail, paste, patter, pelt, pick out, pistol-whip, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, put, put aside, quarantine, rap, rawhide, riddle, ruin, scourge, screen, seclude, segregate, separate, set apart, set aside, settle, shellac, sieve, sift, skin, skin alive, sledgehammer, smear, smite, smother, sort out, spank, strap, strike, stripe, swinge, switch, thresh, thump, trim, triumph over, trounce, truncheon, undo, wallop, wear out, whale, whip, whop, winnow, worst|

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  • Thrash — Metal (englisch to thrash: dreschen/prügeln, oft auch fälschlich Trash Metal) entstand Anfang der 1980er Jahre als schnellere und extreme Spielart des Metal. Oftmals wird Thrash Metal als Verschmelzung der Energie und Geschwindigkeit des Hardcore …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thrash — metal Thrash metal Origines stylistiques Heavy metal traditionnel Speed metal Punk hardcore Origines culturelles …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thrash — may refer to:*Thrash (computer science), where increasing resources are used to do a decreasing amount of work *Thrash (mascot), mascot of the Atlanta ThrashersIn music: *Thrash metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music:*Crossover thrash, a subgenre …   Wikipedia

  • thrash|er — thrash|er1 «THRASH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that thrashes. 2. = thresher (def. 3). (Cf. ↑thresher) ╂[< thrash + er1] thrash|er2 «THRASH uhr», noun. any one of several long tailed North American birds related to the mockingbird, such as …   Useful english dictionary

  • Thrash — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thrash — [thrash] vt. [ME threschen < OE therscan, akin to Ger dreschen, to thresh < IE base * ter , to rub > THROW] 1. THRESH 2. to make move violently or wildly; beat [a bird thrashing its wings] 3. to give a severe beating to; flog 4. to… …   English World dictionary

  • Thrash — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. [1913 Webster] I… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thrash — ► VERB 1) beat repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip. 2) move in a violent or uncontrolled way. 3) informal defeat heavily. 4) (thrash out) discuss frankly and thoroughly so as to reach a decision. ► NOUN 1) a violent or noisy movement of …   English terms dictionary

  • thrash — /thrash/, v.t. 1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog. 2. to defeat thoroughly: The home team thrashed the visitors. 3. Naut. to force (a close hauled sailing ship under heavy canvas) against a strong wind or sea. 4. thresh. v.i. 5. to toss, or… …   Universalium

  • thrash — thrash; thrash·er; …   English syllables

  • thrash — thrash, thresh These words were once variants of the same word, but now have different spellings and pronunciations. To thrash is to beat (physically and metaphorically as in thrashing one s opponents), whereas to thresh is to separate grain …   Modern English usage

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