Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable)A beat or blow; the sound of beating.

  2. (uncountable)The roar and smoke of a particularly powerful diesel engine.

  3. (countable, slang)A wild party.

More definitions
  • a swimming kick used while treading water

Examples

21 sentences

  1. We gave them a proper thrashing.

    Ми їх добре відлупцювали. — Rovo

    ruМы задали им хорошую взбучку. — Wezel

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  2. He gave them a good thrashing.

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  3. He's in for a right thrashing.

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  4. The rock band thrashed the hotel room.

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  5. We got thrashed at the match today.

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Origin

From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressy

From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressyn, þreisshe, þresshe, (whence the modern English thresh), from Old English þerscan, þrexan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh; to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”).

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Forms

plural: thrashes
Singularthrash
Pluralthrashes

regular

Word family

5 related words
Derivedneo-thrashpost-thrashthrashcorethrashgrassthrashy

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thousandththrallthreadB2threadbarethreatB1
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