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Meaning of thrash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  thrash
      n 1: a swimming kick used while treading water
      v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: {thrash}, {thresh},
           {lam}, {flail}]
      2: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
         around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh
         about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss},
         {jactitate}]
      3: dance the slam dance [syn: {slam dance}, {slam}, {mosh},
         {thrash}]
      4: beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until
         (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
      5: move data into and out of core rather than performing useful
         computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
      6: beat the seeds out of a grain [syn: {thrash}, {thresh}]
      7: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
         "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: {cream}, {bat},
         {clobber}, {drub}, {thrash}, {lick}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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