- thrash
- thrash [thrash]vt.[ME threschen < OE therscan, akin to Ger dreschen, to thresh < IE base * ter-, to rub > THROW]1. THRESH2. to make move violently or wildly; beat [a bird thrashing its wings]3. to give a severe beating to; flog4. to defeat overwhelminglyvi.1. THRESH2. to move or toss about violently, flinging the arms, legs, etc. about wildly or vigorously [thrashing in agony]3. to make one's way by thrashingn.1. the act of thrashing2. a style of HEAVY METAL rock that is played very fast with minimal melodic and harmonic components, rapidly shouted lyrics about death, destruction, insanity, etc., and both musicians and audience thrashing about, as in slam dancing or moshing: cf. SPEED METALSYN.- BEAT——————thrash outto settle by detailed discussion——————thrash overto go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.