transcription, транскрипция: [ θræʃ ]
( thrashes, thrashing, thrashed)
1.
If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. ( INFORMAL )
Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
= hammer
VERB : V n amount , also V n
2.
If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment.
‘Liar!’ Sarah screamed, as she thrashed the child. ‘You stole it.’
VERB : V n
3.
If someone thrashes about , or thrashes their arms or legs about , they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something. You can also say that someone’s arms or legs thrash about .
Many of the crew died a terrible death as they thrashed about in shark-infested waters...
Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.
VERB : V adv / prep , V n adv / prep
4.
If a person or thing thrashes something, or thrashes at something, they hit it continually in a violent or noisy way.
...a magnificent paddle-steamer on the mighty Mississippi, her huge wheel thrashing the muddy water...
Three shaggy-haired men thrash tunelessly at their guitars.
VERB : V n , V at n
5.
see also thrashing