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Noun thrash has 1 sense

thrash - a swimming kick used while treading water
--₁ is a kind of swimming kick
--₁ is a part of treading water
Derived form: verb thrash₂

Verb thrash has 7 senses

thrash, thresh, lam, flail - give a thrashing to; beat hard
--₁ is one way to beat, beat up, work over

Derived form: noun thrashing₂
Sample sentence:
They want to thrash the prisoners
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
--₂ is one way to shake, agitate

Derived form: noun thrash₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash - dance the slam dance
--₃ is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue thrash
thrash - beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
--₄ is one way to beat, pound, thump
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
thrash - move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
--₅ is one way to swap
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
thrash, thresh - beat the seeds out of a grain
--₆ is one way to beat

Derived form: noun thrasher₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
--₇ is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

Derived form: noun thrashing₁
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to thrash his opponent