What does thrash mean?
Thrash means To beat mercilessly..
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/θɹæʃ/ · verb
To beat mercilessly..
But in the town it was well known, when they got home at night, their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives.
The rural Midland & Great Northern backwaters from Norfolk to Leicester closed in February 1959 before they could be used there, and thrashing them on the GN main line instead resulted in a memorably poor ride and rattling windows, caused by vibration from their engines and suspect suspension.
Pardew made five changes to the side that thrashed West Ham 5-0 on Wednesday - with players such as James Perch and Alan Smith given the chance to underline their case for a regular starting berth.
I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, / Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.
As performers, we girls have our hair. That's the real thing guys want to see. They love to see the long hair move. They want you to thrash it.
Even among friends at the dinner-table he talked as though he were denouncing them, or someone else, on a platform; he measured his phrases, built his sentences, cumulated his effects, and pounded his opponents, real or imagined. His humor was glow, like iron at dull heat; his blow was elementary, like the thrash of a whale.
As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the thrash of bat-wings was loud in his ears.
Spinning full-circle, the aircraft careered out of control. It bounced twice on the waves, each time managing to free itself from the engulfing spray with vigorous thrashes of its one good wing.
Use thrash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thrash means To beat mercilessly..
Common synonyms include slam, toss, lick, convulse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But in the town it was well known, when they got home at night, their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives.
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