thrash

Noun
  1. A swimming kick used while treading water (synset 100576120)
    hypernym: swimming kick - a movement of the legs in swimming
    part meronym: treading water - a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms
Verb
  1. Give a thrashing to;
    Beat hard (synset 201418847)
    hypernym: beat, beat up, work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
    synonym: flail, lam, thresh
    verb group: bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  2. Move or stir about violently (synset 201894785)
    "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
    hypernym: agitate, shake - move or cause to move back and forth
    hyponym: whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
    synonym: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
  3. Dance the slam dance (synset 201901878)
    hypernym: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
    synonym: mosh, slam, slam dance
  4. Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all (synset 201884383)
    hypernym: beat, pound, thump - move rhythmically
  5. Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation (synset 201842802)
    "The system is thrashing again!"
    hypernym: swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
  6. Beat the seeds out of a grain (synset 201419018)
    domain category: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    hypernym: beat - hit repeatedly
    synonym: thresh
  7. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (synset 201415566)
    "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
    hypernym: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    synonym: bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick
    verb group: flail, lam, thrash, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard

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