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thrash

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrash  \Thrash\,  Thresh  \Thresh\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Thrashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Thrashing}.]  [OE. 
  [thorn]reschen,  [thorn]reshen,  to  beat  AS  [thorn]erscan, 
  [thorn]rescan;  akin  to  D.  dorschen  OD  derschen  G. 
  dreschen  OHG.  dreskan  Icel.  [thorn]reskja,  Sw  tr["o]ska, 
  Dan.  t[ae]rske,  Goth.  [thorn]riskan,  Lith.  traszketi  to 
  rattle,  Russ.  treskate  to  burst,  crackle,  tresk'  a  crash, 
  OSlav.  troska  a  stroke  of  lighting.  Cf  {Thresh}.] 
  1.  To  beat  out  grain  from  as  straw  or  husks;  to  beat  the 
  straw  or  husk  of  (grain)  with  a  flail;  to  beat  off  as  the 
  kernels  of  grain;  as  to  thrash  wheat,  rye,  or  oats;  to 
  thrash  over  the  old  straw. 
 
  The  wheat  was  reaped,  thrashed,  and  winnowed  by 
  machines.  --H.  Spencer. 
 
  2.  To  beat  soundly,  as  with  a  stick  or  whip;  to  drub. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrash  \Thrash\,  Thresh  \Thresh\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  practice  thrashing  grain  or  the  like  to  perform  the 
  business  of  beating  grain  from  straw;  as  a  man  who 
  thrashes  well 
 
  2.  Hence  to  labor;  to  toil;  also  to  move  violently. 
 
  I  rather  would  be  M[ae]vius,  thrash  for  rhymes,  Like 
  his  the  scorn  and  scandal  of  the  times.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thrash 
  n  :  a  swimming  kick  used  while  treading  water 
  v  1:  give  a  thrashing  to  beat  hard  [syn:  {thresh},  {lam},  {flail}] 
  2:  beat  about  [syn:  {convulse},  {thresh},  {thresh  about},  {thrash 
  about},  {slash},  {toss}] 
  3:  dance  the  slam  dance  [syn:  {slam  dance},  {slam},  {mosh}] 
  4:  beat  the  seeds  out  of  a  grain;  in  agriculture  [syn:  {thresh}] 
  5:  beat  thoroughly  in  a  competition  or  fight;  "We  licked  the 
  other  team  on  Sunday!"  [syn:  {bat},  {clobber},  {drub},  {lick}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  thrash  vi  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. 
  Someone  who  keeps  changing  his  mind  (esp.  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}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  thrash 
 
  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}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}]




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