thrash
thrash /θr'æʃ/ (thrashes thrashing thrashed)
1 [VERB] V n amount, also V n
If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. (INFORMAL)
Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
= hammer
2 [VERB] V n
If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment.
`Liar!' Sarah screamed, as she thrashed the child. `You stole it.'
3 [VERB] V adv/prep, V n adv/prep
If someone thrashes about, or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something. You can also say that someone's arms or legs thrash about.
Many of the crew died a terrible death as they thrashed about in shark-infested waters...
Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.
4 [VERB] V n, V at n
If a person or thing thrashes something, or thrashes at something, they hit it continually in a violent or noisy way.
...a magnificent paddle-steamer on the mighty Mississippi, her huge wheel thrashing the muddy water...
Three shaggy-haired men thrash tunelessly at their guitars.
5
see also thrashingthrash out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If people thrash out something such as a plan or an agreement, they decide on it after a great deal of discussion.
The foreign ministers have thrashed out a suitable compromise formula...
= hammer out
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If people thrash out a problem or a dispute, they discuss it thoroughly until they reach an agreement.
...a sincere effort by two people to thrash out differences about which they have strong feelings.
= hammer out
1 [VERB] V n amount, also V n
If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. (INFORMAL)
Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
= hammer
2 [VERB] V n
If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment.
`Liar!' Sarah screamed, as she thrashed the child. `You stole it.'
3 [VERB] V adv/prep, V n adv/prep
If someone thrashes about, or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something. You can also say that someone's arms or legs thrash about.
Many of the crew died a terrible death as they thrashed about in shark-infested waters...
Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.
4 [VERB] V n, V at n
If a person or thing thrashes something, or thrashes at something, they hit it continually in a violent or noisy way.
...a magnificent paddle-steamer on the mighty Mississippi, her huge wheel thrashing the muddy water...
Three shaggy-haired men thrash tunelessly at their guitars.
5
see also thrashingthrash out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If people thrash out something such as a plan or an agreement, they decide on it after a great deal of discussion.
The foreign ministers have thrashed out a suitable compromise formula...
= hammer out
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If people thrash out a problem or a dispute, they discuss it thoroughly until they reach an agreement.
...a sincere effort by two people to thrash out differences about which they have strong feelings.
= hammer out