thrash

Noun

• a swimming kick used while treading water

Verb

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  • We licked the other team on Sunday!
    

• beat the seeds out of a grain

• move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
  • The system is thrashing again!
    

• beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

• dance the slam dance

• move or stir about violently
  • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
    

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cream , bat , clobber , drub , lick , thresh , slam dance , slam , mosh , convulse , thresh about , thrash about , slash , toss , jactitate , lam , flail