Synonyms: flail, lam, thrash, thresh
Definition: give a thrashing to; beat hard
Similar words: work over, beat, beat up
Definition: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Usage: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night; The teacher used to beat the students
Definition: beat the seeds out of a grain
Synonyms: thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, slash, convulse, jactitate
Definition: move or stir about violently
Usage: The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Definition: move or cause to move back and forth
Usage: The chemist shook the flask vigorously; My hands were shaking
Definition: move like a flail; thresh about
Usage: Her arms were flailing
Definition: move with a flapping motion
Usage: The bird's wings were flapping