thrashed; thrashing; thrashes
1
a
: to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
b
: to defeat decisively or severely
thrashed the visiting team
2
: to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail
thrashing his arms
3
a
: to go over again and again
thrash the matter over inconclusively
b
: to hammer out : forge
thrash out a plan
4
: to separate the seeds of from the husks and straw by beating : thresh sense 1
1
: to move or stir about violently : toss about
thrash in bed with a fever
2
: to deal blows or strokes like one using a flail or whip
3
1
: an act of thrashing
2
: rock music (such as heavy metal or punk rock) that is extremely fast and loud
Examples of thrash in a Sentence
Verb
He thrashed me with his belt.
The team thrashed them last week.
Something was thrashing wildly in the water.
She thrashed around in her sleep.
Noun
The shark swam away with a thrash of its tail.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Fighters began thrashing the passengers with camel-hide whips.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Together, Metallica led a thrash metal movement that began as an underground sensation but turned out to be more lasting than a lot of the more commercial metal then coming off the Sunset Strip.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Verb
The band then went on to play its way through the rest of the Village, cranking out cartoon theme song medleys between the sets as mostly white kids thrashed in the crowd.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Fighters began thrashing the passengers with camel-hide whips.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
Some hardcore thrash here, some R&B there, a smattering of rap over there.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Together, Metallica led a thrash metal movement that began as an underground sensation but turned out to be more lasting than a lot of the more commercial metal then coming off the Sunset Strip.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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“Thrash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrash. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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