to thrash
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5.8
- verb
- /θræʃ/
- Floundering off-balance, the two cops tumble to the floor, tangled together, thrashing to get free.
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- You really need that for that that and that idea to move through culture with that veracity where you see it just thrashing from side to side.
- If you've seen a struck deer thrash its life out on the shoulder, a burner that clicks without flaming, then you know how they seized to death.
- Thought history was thrashing around like a steel hawser with the tension off, twanging backwards and forwards across reality in great destructive sweeps.
Examples
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You were screaming and thrashing around.
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Stop thrashing around or you’ll wreck the shower stall.
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You can thrash about all you like.
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Sir, would you stop thrashing around please?
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Yes, I saw her thrashing around.
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I can see Maurice thrashing about in there.
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You're really thrashing about, then.
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The Vagrant's screams join the Laughing Man's insane giggles as they thrash around violently in the water.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mrs. Trujillo nodded as she watched me thrashing about in a noisy and uncoordinated way.
Fiction book (1992) -
The child started to thrash around in the water when he realized he couldn’t swim.
Synonyms
105
5.0
To continue with great force like a storm or fire
51
1.4
To move about in a violent or restless way
45
3.4
To move or swing quickly in a sudden way like a flag
18
6.6
To move through a place violently and cause damage
16
7.8
Shake hard and without control because of illness, a strong feeling, or a hit
7
3.9
To move something quickly from side to side
5
7.0
To move your arms and body wildly or act in a messy way without success
4
6.1
Move the body violently when in pain or fear
3
8.9
Move violently without control, often by kicking when hurt
3
4.9
Water that moves in strong, swirling ways
1
7.6
To hit someone or something many times violently
1
7.5
To act violently and destroy things without control
1
7.9
Make quick, wild movements because you are afraid or in pain
To move or shake your body suddenly and violently
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Violent
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7.8
24
7.5
34
5.8
46
5.8
32
3.4
79
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thrash began with the idea of 'beating' (see thresh), so when branches or a fish thrash they move and strike wildly as if they are being hit or are trying to break free.