THRASH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for THRASH?

Need another word that means the same as “thrash”? Find 71 synonyms and 30 related words for “thrash” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Thrash” are: flail, lam, thresh, mosh, slam, slam dance, convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, toss, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, flogging, whipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, belting, hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch, struggle, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, thumping, battering, rout, trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees

Thrash as a Verb

Definitions of "Thrash" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “thrash” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Dance the slam dance.
• Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
• Hit (something) hard and repeatedly.
• Beat the seeds out of a grain.
• Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation.
• Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all.
• Move or stir about violently.
• Defeat heavily in a contest or match.
• Give a thrashing to; beat hard.
• Move in a violent and convulsive way.
• Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
• Struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something.
• Move in a fast or uncontrolled way.

Synonyms of "Thrash" as a verb (71 Words)

annihilate	Destroy utterly; obliterate. Mesons are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other.
bat	Use a bat. Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat.
battering	Strike against forcefully.
be victorious over	Be identical to; be someone or something.
beat	Beat through cleverness and wit. Her heart beat faster with panic.
beat hollow	Hit repeatedly.
belt	Fasten with a belt. He belted out of the side door.
belting	Fasten with a belt.
best	Get the better of. The goal was to best the competition.
birch	Beat someone with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment. The school would attempt to birch them into submission.
blunder	Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. We were blundering around in the darkness.
bring someone to their knees	Induce or persuade.
cane	Beat with a cane as a punishment. Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster.
clobber	Defeat heavily. If he does that I ll clobber him.
convulse	Make someone convulse with laughter. The spasm convulses her facial muscles.
cream	Add cream to one s coffee for example. On paper England should have creamed Scotland.
crush	Crush or bruise. The government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any resistance.
defeat utterly	Win a victory over.
drub	Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. The Cleveland Indians drubbed Baltimore 9 0.
falter	Speak hesitantly. He faltered and finally stopped in mid stride.
flagellate	Flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification. He flagellated himself with branches.
flagellation	Whip.
flail	Move like a flail thresh about. The modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters.
flog	Promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length. The men had been flogged and branded on the forehead.
flogging	Beat with a cane.
flounder	Be in serious difficulty. Many firms are floundering.
fumble	Do or handle something clumsily. The keeper fumbled.
get the better of	Give certain properties to something.
hit	Hit with a missile from a weapon. He hit his fist on the table.
horsewhip	Beat a person or animal with a horsewhip. She would horsewhip them mercilessly.
jactitate	Move or stir about violently.
lam	Flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run. I ll lam you in the mouth in a minute.
lash	Lash or flick about sharply. They lashed him repeatedly about the head.
lashing	Lash or flick about sharply.
leather	Whip with a leather strap. Carlos took his customary 20 metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it.
lick	Beat or thrash (someone. The flames licked around the wood.
lurch	Defeat by a lurch. He was lurching from one crisis to the next.
mosh	Dance the slam dance. The boys began to mosh slamming shoulder to shoulder with abandon.
overwhelm	Be too strong for; overpower. They were overwhelmed by farewell messages.
pitch	Hit the ball on to the green with a pitch shot. She pitched over the railing of the balcony.
rout	Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder. Rout out the fighters from their caves.
scourge	Whip (someone) as a punishment. Our people did scourge him severely.
scourging	Whip.
slam	Dance the slam dance. The car mounted the pavement slamming into a lamp post.
slam dance	Dance the slam dance.
slash	Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword. For what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead.
splash	Soil or stain with a splashed liquid. Water was splashing on the floor.
squirm	Wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort. He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair.
stagger	Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall. Stagger the screws at each joint.
strap	Tie with a strap. I expected when my dad walked in that he d strap him.
struggle	Strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance. Politicians continued to struggle over familiar issues.
stumble	Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. She stumbled over the tree root.
thrash about	Move or stir about violently.
thresh	Move like a flail thresh about. Machinery that can reap and thresh corn in the same process.
thumping	Make a dull sound.
toss	Throw or toss with a light motion. Paula pursed her lips and tossed her head.
toss and turn	Agitate.
triumph over	Dwell on with satisfaction.
trounce	Rebuke or punish severely. The children were severely trounced.
twist	Form into twists. She twisted in her seat to look at the buildings.
twist and turn	Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
twitch	Use a twitch to subdue a horse. His face is twitching.
whip	Whip with or as if with a wire whisk. The wind whipped their faces.
whipping	Strike as if by whipping.
wiggle	Move to and fro. Vi wiggled her toes.
win a resounding victory over	Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious.
worst	Defeat thoroughly. This was not the time for a deep discussion she was tired and she would be worsted.
wriggle	To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling. She wriggled her bare brown toes.
writhe	To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling. He writhed in agony on the ground.

Usage Examples of "Thrash" as a verb

• Newcastle were thrashed 8–1 by the Czech team.
• I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill.
• Two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing.
• The wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck.
• He lay on the ground thrashing around in pain.
• The system is thrashing again!
• She thrashed him across the head and shoulders.
• The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed.
• She thrashed her arms, attempting to swim.
• I thrashed Pete at cards.

Associations of "Thrash" (30 Words)

assault	Force (someone) to have sex against their will. A sexual assault.
bat	A person batting especially in cricket a batsman. Bat one s eyelids.
beat	Indicate by beating as with the fingers or drumsticks. Emmie began to beat at the flames.
belabor	To work at or to absurd length. Belabor the obvious.
diagonal	Mathematics a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry. Tiles can be laid on the diagonal.
fingernail	The nail at the end of a finger.
flagellate	Flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves.
flail	A device similar to a flail used as a weapon or for flogging. A flail hedge trimmer.
flog	Make one’s way with strenuous effort. He made a fortune flogging beads to hippies.
gouge	And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves. The channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water.
harness	Put a harness on a horse or other draught animal. Harness natural forces and resources.
hit	Hit with a missile from a weapon. WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide.
horseshoe	Game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes. A horseshoe bend.
kick	Chiefly in rugby score a goal by a kick. She has a lot to kick about.
lash	Lash or flick about sharply. He was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime.
lick	An act of licking something with the tongue. All right Mary I know when I m licked.
rap	Perform rap music. The label specializes in rap and modern soul.
sash	A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
slam	Dance the slam dance. He slammed out of the room.
slap	Hit against or into something with the sound of something being slapped. Ran slap into her.
slash	A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. Slash him with bridle reins and dog whips.
slayer	Someone who causes the death of a person or animal. David the slayer of Goliath.
strap	Secure a sprained joint with a strap. The strap of his shoulder bag.
strike	A pitch that passes through the strike zone. We must strike the enemy s oil fields.
throw	An act of throwing one s opponent in wrestling judo or a similar sport. She frowned thrown by this apparent change of tack.
toss	An act or instance of tossing something. She tossed me a box of matches.
violently	Using physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. He coughed violently.
whip	Beat severely with a whip or rod. He resigned the Tory whip in protest at mine closures.