nounπShareA beat or blow; the sound of beating."The only sound in the silent room was the insistent thrash of the cat's tail against the floor. "soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThrash metal"The band's thrash metal album was incredibly popular at school. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo beat mercilessly."The angry student thrashed the papers on his desk in frustration. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo defeat utterly."The opposing team thrashed our basketball squad in the final game. "sportmilitarywaractiongameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo thresh."The farmer used a machine to thrash the wheat, separating the grain from the stalks. "agricultureprocessactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour."The toddler thrashed around in his high chair, kicking and squirming, making it hard for his mother to feed him. "actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result."Before releasing the new app, the developers will thrash it with different user scenarios to find any bugs. "computingtechnologyinternettechnicalelectronicsmachinesystemprocessfunctiondeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareIn computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system."Running too many programs at once can cause the computer to thrash, as it constantly moves data between memory and the hard drive. "computingtechnologytechnicalsystemmachineelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
