thrash
Noun
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A swimming kick used while treading water (synset 100576120)
hypernym: swimming kick - a movement of the legs in swimmingpart meronym: treading water - a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms
Verb
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Give a thrashing to;
Beat hard (synset 201418847) -
Move or stir about violently (synset 201894785)
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"hyponym: whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
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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
- Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all (synset 201884383)
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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
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Beat the seeds out of a grain (synset 201419018)
domain category: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockhypernym: beat - hit repeatedlysynonym: thresh
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Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (synset 201415566)
"We licked the other team on Sunday!"
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