thrash

See also:Thrash

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishthrasshen,a dialectal variant ofthresshen,threshen(whence the modern Englishthresh), fromOld Englishþrescan,fromProto-Germanic*þreskaną,whence alsoOld High Germandreskan,Old Norseþreskja.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/θɹæʃ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-æʃ

Verb

thrash(third-person singular simple presentthrashes,present participlethrashing,simple past and past participlethrashed)

1. Tobeatmercilessly.
   • 1979November 30,Roger Waters(lyrics and music), “The Happiest Days of Our Lives”,inThe Wall‎^[1],performed byPink Floyd:

     But in the town it was well known, when they got home at night, their fat and psychopathic wives wouldthrashthem within inches of their lives.

   • 2023February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, inRAIL,number977,page42:

     The rural Midland & Great Northern backwaters from Norfolk to Leicester closed in February 1959 before they could be used there, andthrashingthem on the GN main line instead resulted in a memorably poor ride and rattling windows, caused by vibration from their engines and suspect suspension.

2. Todefeatutterly.
   • 2011January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, inBBC‎^[2]:

     Pardew made five changes to the side thatthrashedWest 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.

3. Tothresh.
4. To move about wildly or violently; toflail;tolabour.
   • c.1690,Juvenal,“The Tenth Satire of Juvenal”,inJohn Dryden,transl.,John Dryden: The Major Works,Oxford University Press, published1987,page364:

     I rather would be Maevius,thrashfor rhymes, / Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.

   • 2023,Britney Spears,The Woman in Me‎^[3],Simon and Schuster,→ISBN:

     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 tothrashit.

5. (software)To extensivelytestasoftwaresystem,giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
6. (computing)Incomputerarchitecture,to cause or undergo poorperformanceof avirtual memory(orpaging) system.

Derived terms

• thrash about
• thrashel
• thrasher
• thrash out

Translations

to beat mercilessly

• Bulgarian:напердашвам(bg)(naperdašvam),пребивам(bg)(prebivam)
• Danish:tæske(da)
• Dutch:afranselen(nl)
• Esperanto:draŝi(eo)
• Estonian:peksma(et)
• Finnish:pieksää(fi)
• French:passer à tabac(fr),rosser(fr)
• German:schlagen(de),dreschen(de),zusammenschlagen(de),eindreschen
• Irish:greasáil,gread,liúr
• Italian:infierire(it),sferzare(it),percuotere(it),bastonare(it),picchiare(it)
• Norman:dêgraîssi
• Russian:молоти́ть(ru)impf(molotítʹ),колоти́ть(ru)impf(kolotítʹ),лупи́ть(ru)impf(lupítʹ),долбить(ru)impf(dolbitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic:buail
• Serbo-Croatian:mlatiti(sh)
• Slovak:mlátiť,tĺcť
• Spanish:vapulear(es),zurrar(es),bejuquear(es)
• Swedish:spöa(sv),spöa upp,gestryk,klå(sv)
• Ukrainian:лупцюва́тиimpf(lupcjuváty),мотлоши́тиimpf(motlošýty),чухра́тиimpf(čuxráty),дуба́ситиimpf(dubásyty),лупи́тиimpf(lupýty),гамсе́литиimpf(hamsélyty),голо́мшитиimpf(holómšyty)

to defeat utterly

• Finnish:rökittää(fi)
• French:écraser(fr),battre à plate couture(fr),humilier(fr),défoncer(fr),éclater(fr)
• German:besiegen(de),zerstören(de),vernichten(de)
• Italian:annientare(it),sconfiggere(it),travolgere(it)
• Norman:rosser
• Russian:разгроми́ть(ru)pf(razgromítʹ),разби́ть(ru)pf(razbítʹ)
• Slovak:rozdrviť
• Swedish:spöa(sv),klå(sv)
• Ukrainian:розтрощи́тиpf(roztroščýty),розгроми́тиimpf(rozhromýty)

to thresh—seethresh

software: to extensively test a software system

• Finnish:koeajaaperin pohjin,testataperin pohjin
• Russian:молоти́ть(ru)impf(molotítʹ)

computing: to cause poor performance of a virtual memory

• Finnish:ruuhkautua(fi)

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Noun

thrash(countableanduncountable,pluralthrashes)

1. (countable)Abeatorblow;the sound of beating.
   • 1918,Henry Adams,The Education of Henry Adams:

     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 thethrashof a whale.

   • 1934May,Robert E. Howard,“Queen of the Black Coast”,inWeird Tales:

     As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, thethrashof bat-wings was loud in his ears.

   • 2016,Clark Nida,The Titan Kiss:

     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 vigorousthrashesof its one good wing.

2. (music,uncountable)Ellipsisofthrash metal.

Derived terms

• neo-thrash

References

• (computing,software)P. J. Denning. 1968. Thrashing: Its Causes and Prevention. Proceedings AFIPS,1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, vol. 33, pp. 915-922.

Anagrams

• Harths,harths

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishthrash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtrɛʃ/(occasionally pronounced as[ˈθɹɛʃ])
• Hyphenation:thrash

Noun

thrashm(uncountable)

1. (music)thrash metal,thrash

   Synonym:thrashmetal

Scots

Noun

thrash

1. rush

Alternative forms

• thresh

References

• Chambers 1908.