thrash (
http://definr.com/thrash)
n : a swimming kick used while treading water
v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn:
thresh,
lam,
flail]
2: move or stir about violently; The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn:
convulse,
thresh, {thresh
about},
thrash about,
slash,
toss]
3: dance the slam dance [syn:
slam dance,
slam,
mosh]
4: beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until
(it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
5: move data into and out of core rather than performing useful
computation; of overloaded paging systems; "The system is
thrashing again!"
6: beat the seeds out of a grain; in agriculture [syn:
thresh]
7: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn:
bat,
clobber,
drub,
lick]