thrash v.
1. (orig. Aus./N.Z.) to overwork a piece of machinery, e.g. an automobile; thus thrashing n.
Curvy Lovebox 157: Thrash it down Ladbroke Grove hard as I can. | ||
Curious Kiwi Words 217: This thrashing of the non-human [...] can involve such a vehicle as a tractor or a car being given a thrashing – being used relentlessly or at high speed. |
2. (US campus) to wreck, to make a mess of.
Brown’s Requiem 108: Somebody righteously thrashed old Omar’s pad the other day. | ||
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Another Day in Paradise 226: The last week of shooting dope has thrashed him, too. |
SE in slang uses
In phrases
(US campus) to criticize negatively.
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