thrash

== English == === Etymology From Middle English thrasshen, a dialectal variant of thresshen, threshen (whence the modern English thresh), from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, whence also Old High German dreskan, Old Norse þreskja. === === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /θɹæʃ/ Rhymes: -æʃ === Verb === thrash (third-person singular simple present thrashes, present participle thrashing, simple past and past participle thrashed) To beat mercilessly. To defeat utterly. To thresh. To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour. (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === thrash (countable and uncountable, plural thrashes) (countable) A beat or blow; the sound of beating. (rail transport, uncountable) The roar and smoke of a particularly powerful diesel engine. (music, uncountable) Ellipsis of thrash metal. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== (computing, software) P. J. Denning. 1968. Thrashing: Its Causes and Prevention. Proceedings AFIPS,1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, vol. 33, pp. 915-922. === Anagrams === Harths, harths == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English thrash. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɛʃ/ (occasionally pronounced as [ˈθɹɛʃ]) Hyphenation: thrash === Noun === thrash m (uncountable, no diminutive) (music) thrash metal, thrash Synonym: thrashmetal == Scots == === Noun === thrash rush ==== Alternative forms ==== thresh ==== References ==== Chambers 1908.