to thrash
3
7.9
- verb
- /θræʃ/
- Jargon
:
moshear
- At the punk concert, everyone began to thrash in excitement as the band started playing their first song.
People are just, you know, thrashing and head banging.
- People are just, you know, thrashing and head banging.
- I couldn't think of a better thing for a a teenage boy to be doing than than slamming and thrashing in a pit.
Examples
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As the heavy metal song played, some fans began to thrash energetically, creating an exhilarating atmosphere in the pit.
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I think I will take my Master Sword replica and thrash about for a while...
Blog text (13) -
The place is so crowded and dark that the dancers look like one strange beast, thrashing and swaying to the beat.
Fiction book (2002) -
They shrugged it off and were later seen having a blast thrashing around to some T. Rex.
Blog text (21) -
While the three of us hooted, cheered, yelled, and laughed, she thrashed her hands and her feet and moved.
Blog text (17) -
When the music got loud and fast, the crowd would thrash wildly to the beat, losing themselves in the moment.
Synonyms
23
7.5
To dance with strong, fast movements at punk shows
1
9.0
Dance roughly by jumping and pushing in a crowd at loud concerts
1
8.7
To dance by bumping into other people on purpose, often at punk shows
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Etymology
Thrash comes from the old word for 'to beat' (related to thresh), and in music the sense grew to mean moving or hitting around with violent energy, which is why people 'thrash' in a mosh pit.