thrash

Definition

  • verb: to hit (someone or something) very hard with a stick, whip, etc.
  • verb: to separate the seeds of from the husks and straw by beating
  • synonyms: thresh

Examples

  • ('informal') Last week's game was a complete 'thrashing'.

  • They had a meeting to 'thrash out' their problems.

  • The shark swam away with a 'thrash' of its tail.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I had to stay. I didn't see your dad for a long time. But I kept playing- Play every day, dreaming of the day I'd meet him again and thrash him. I got out, won a few local games, tournaments, beat a few good fellas. That's when they made those clippings that you found. (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse