глагол то же, что и thresh 1) бить, пороть, стегать, хлестать 2) победить, одержать верх (в борьбе, состязании) 3) молотить 4) биться, метаться 5) направлять судно против ветра, течения Например: to thrash one's jacket, to thrash the life out of somebody — выбить дух из кого-либо, основательно побить кого-либо to thresh straw, to thrash over old straw — толочь воду в ступе
1) биение 2) бить, хлестать 3) молотить, обмолачивать
I. verb Etymology: alteration of thresh transitive verb 1. to separate the seeds of from the husks and straw by beating; thresh 1 2. a. to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip; flog b. to defeat decisively or severely Example: thrashed the visiting team 3. to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail Example: thrashing his arms 4. a. to go over again and again Example: thrash the matter over inconclusively b. to hammer out; forge Example: thrash out a plan intransitive verb 1. thresh 1 2. to deal blows or strokes like one using a flail or whip 3. to move or stir about violently; toss about Example: thrash in bed with a fever Synonyms: see swing II. noun 1. an act of thrashing 2. rock music (as heavy metal or punk rock) that is extremely fast and loud
To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful. Paging or swapping systems that are overloaded waste most of their time moving data into and out of core (rather than performing useful computation) and are therefore said to thrash. Thrashing can also occur in a cache due to cache conflict or in a multiprocessor (see ping-pong). Someone who keeps changing his mind (especially about what to work on next) is said to be thrashing. A person frantically trying to execute too many tasks at once (and not spending enough time on any single task) may also be described as thrashing. Compare multitask.