thrash

thrash
v
1. flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, curry, strap, thresh, flail, cowhide, spank, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf. whale, Sl. whump; beat, batter, pound, pommel, pummel, baste, pelt, lay on, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; punch, smite, hit, strike, thwack, slap, smack, Australian. ding, Scot, and North Eng. paik; cuff, buffet, sandbag, box, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. knock [s.o.'s] block off, Inf. crown, Inf. wallop, Sl. belt, Sl. sock, Sl. plug, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. loop; cudgel, fustigate, cane, bastinado.
2. trounce, rout, vanquish, defeat, worse, Inf. lick, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; conquer, overthrow, overpower, overwhelm, master; quash, crush, trample, destroy, do for, Sl. do in.
3. thresh, flail.
4. toss and turn, fling oneself about; jerk, jump, twitch; pitch, rock, roll, sway.
n
5. beating, battering, pounding, pommeling, pummeling, pelting, going over, Sl. pasting; thrashing, flogging, basting, lashing, whipping, spanking, Inf. tanning, smacking, slapping, Inf. whacking.
6. blow, bastindo, Scot. dunt, Scot and North Eng. paik, punch, beat, box, Inf. wallop, Brit. Dial. douse, U. S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; cuff, strike, hit, slap, smack, Inf. clout.

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