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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 *þreskan?, whence also Old High German dreskan, Old Norse þreskja.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
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.
- c. 1690, Juvenal, John Dryden (translator), The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 1987, John Dryden: The Major Works, Oxford University Press, page 364,
- I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes, / Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.
- c. 1690, Juvenal, John Dryden (translator), The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 1987, John Dryden: The Major Works, Oxford University Press, page 364,
- (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 poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
Derived terms
- thrashel
- thrasher
Translations
Noun
thrash (countable and uncountable, plural thrashes)
- (countable) A beat or blow; the sound of beating.
- 1934 May, Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast in Weird Tales,
- As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the thrash of bat-wings was loud in his ears.
- 1934 May, Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast in Weird Tales,
- (music, uncountable) thrash metal
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): /?tr??/ (occasionally pronounced as [?????])
- Hyphenation: thrash
Noun
thrash m (uncountable)
- (music) thrash metal, thrash
- Synonym: thrashmetal
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trounce
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t?a?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?ns
Etymology 1
The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher, troncir, tronchir (“to cut; to cut a piece from; to retrench”), from Old French tronce, tronche (“stump; piece of wood”). However, the English and Old French words differ in meaning.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
trounce (third-person singular simple present trounces, present participle trouncing, simple past and past participle trounced)
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- Synonyms: censure, (verbal punishment) rebuke
- (transitive, Britain, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
Derived terms
- trouncer
- trouncing (noun)
Translations
Noun
trounce (plural trounces)
- An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
Translations
Etymology 2
The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trance with the same senses), possibly either:
- from Middle English trauncen, transen (“to pass from life to death, die”), from Old French transir (“to cut through, pass through”), from Latin tr?ns?re, present active infinitive of tr?nse? (“to cross, traverse; to go over (to a side or faction); to pass over; to exceed, surpass; of time: to elapse, pass; (figuratively) to cease, pass away”), from tr?ns (“across; beyond”) + e? (“to go”); or
- a blend of Middle English tramplen (“to tread on, trample”) + dauncen (“to dance”) or prauncen (“to prance”).
The noun is probably derived from the verb.
Verb
trounce (third-person singular simple present trounces, present participle trouncing, simple past and past participle trounced) (Britain, dialectal)
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- Synonym: (obsolete except dialectal) trance
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- Synonym: (obsolete except dialectal) trance
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- Synonym: (obsolete except dialectal) trance
Noun
trounce (plural trounces) (Britain, dialectal)
- A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
- A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
- Synonym: (obsolete except dialectal) trance
References
- “TROUNCE, sb. and v.2” in Joseph Wright, editor, The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume VI (T–Z, Supplement, Bibliography and Grammar), London: Published by Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1905, ?OCLC, page 248, column 1.
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “trounce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Counter, Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, counter, counter-, countre, recount
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