Origin of thrash

before 900; Middle English thrasshen, variant of thresshen to thresh

synonym study for thrash

1. See beat.

OTHER WORDS FROM thrash

un·thrashed, adjective well-thrashed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH thrash

thrash thresh

Example sentences from the Web for thrashed

British Dictionary definitions for thrashed

thrash
/ (θræʃ) /

verb

noun

the act of thrashing; blow; beating
informal a party or similar social gathering
See also thrash out

Word Origin for thrash

Old English threscan; related to Old High German dreskan, Old Norse thriskja