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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
thrash
thrash [thrash thrashes thrashed thrashing] verb, noun BrE [θræʃ] NAmE [θræʃ]
verb
1. transitive ~ sb/sth to hit a person or an animal many times with a stick, etc. as a punishment
Syn: ↑beat
2. intransitive, transitive to move or make sth move in a violent or uncontrolled way
•~ (about/around) Someone was thrashing around in the water, obviously in trouble.
•The animal thrashed about in pain.
•~ sth (about/around) A whale was thrashing the water with its tail.
•She thrashed her head from side to side.
3. transitive ~ sb/sth (informal, especially BrE)to defeat sb very easily in a game
•Scotland thrashed England 5–1.
compare ↑whip v. (5)
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English, variant of ↑thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent.
Example Bank:
•That boy deserves to be soundly thrashed!
•The cow fell on its side and thrashed about wildly.
•The visiting side were soundly thrashed.
•She thrashed the boy across the head and shoulders with a heavy stick.
•They were thrashed 5–0 in the League.
•They were thrashed last week by Wolves.
Derived: ↑thrash something out
noun
1. uncountable a type of loud rock music
2. countable (old-fashioned, informal)a party with music and dancing
Word Origin:
Old English, variant of ↑thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent.
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