thrashed
simple past tense and past participle of thrash
Source: Wiktionary
Thrash, Thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] Etym: [OE. , , to beat, AS. , ; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , 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.
Thrash, 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 Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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