Category:Thrash

Thrash, thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] Etym: [oe. ,, to beat, as. , ; akin to d. dorschen, od. Derschen, g. dreschen, ohg. dreskan, icel. , sw. tröska, dan. tærske, Goth. , lith. traszketi to rattle, russ. treskate to burst, crackle, Tresk' a crash, oslav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]

1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or Husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; As, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thrash; thresh Thrash, thresh, v. t.

1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business Of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be mævius, thrash for rhymes, like his, the scorn and Scandal of the times. Dryden.