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How to pronounce thrash in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flail, lam, thresh
Type of work over, beat, beat up
Verb group clobber, bat, lick, drub, cream
Derivation thrashing
Type Words
Synonyms thresh
Type of beat
Derivation thrasher
Type Words
Synonyms mosh, slam, slam dance
Type of dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Type Words
Synonyms convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
Type of shake, agitate
Has types whip


The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed.
Type Words
Synonyms bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick
Type of beat out, shell, vanquish, beat, trounce, crush
Verb group flail, lam, thresh
Derivation thrashing
Type Words
Type of swimming kick
Type Words
Type of thump, pound, beat
Type Words
Type of swap


The system is thrashing again!.

Examples of thrash

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Chief authorizes his underling to go and thrash the accused man with a pool cue.
From the cnn.com
They'll thrash their Iron Bowl rival, which has lost four of its last six games.
From the bostonherald.com
On 16 February, 22 people in the WHO's Geneva offices to thrash out a consensus.
From the guardian.co.uk
They soon embarked on a tour of Europe with the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The early 1990s brought a decline in the popularity of traditional thrash metal.
From the en.wikipedia.org
South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
During the 1980s, several thrash metal bands formed a prototype for black metal.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One to thrash out in the queue as you throw in those extra tea-lights, perhaps.
From the independent.co.uk
This list absolutely must start with the thrash revivalists in Municipal Waste.
From the npr.org
More examples
  • A swimming kick used while treading water
  • Give a thrashing to; beat hard
  • Convulse: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
  • Slam dance: dance the slam dance
  • Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
  • Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
  • In computer science, thrashing is a situation where large amounts of computer resources are used to do a minimal amount of work, with the system in a continual state of resource contention. ...
  • Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression. Thrash metal songs typically use fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work. ...
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