Green’s Dictionary of Slang

thrash v.

1. (orig. Aus./N.Z.) to overwork a piece of machinery, e.g. an automobile; thus thrashing n.

[UK]N. Barlay Curvy Lovebox 157: Thrash it down Ladbroke Grove hard as I can.
M. Cryer 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.

[US]J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 108: Somebody righteously thrashed old Omar’s pad the other day.
[US] P. Munro Sl. U.
[US]E. Little Another Day in Paradise 226: The last week of shooting dope has thrashed him, too.

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