thresh

verb

ˈthresh How to pronounce thresh (audio)
Definition of threshnext
1
as in to twitch
to make jerky or restless movements the poor dog threshed against his chain

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2
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane

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Recent Examples of thresh The tiny sandlike seeds of the plant are threshed and pounded to remove the chaff before the grains are cooked. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Mar. 2026 The second one came to the top only a couple of yards from the raft and threw the spoon with a rolling, threshing twist of its whole body. — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025 On the precipice For all their importance to the smooth running of nature’s threshing machine, vultures themselves are being mowed under at an alarming rate. — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023 The hurricane with no name threshed across the Atlantic coast in mid-September 1713, ripping at tobacco crops and sending panicked colonists inland, where the storm's destructive power found them. — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2019 Vintage tractors, trucks, cars and motorcycles will be on display, and there will be a Parade of Power, tractor pulls and demonstrations of threshing, horse plowing, butter churning, blacksmithing and more. — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2019 In the San Joaquin Valley, beans are harvested by a machine called Big Bertha, which can pick and thresh fifty thousand pounds a day. — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018 Subrat Chandra Gayen, another resident of Joymoni, said nearly 80 percent of families have had to give up on rice farming, which once provided food and an income for most people in the area, including women who sowed, harvested, and threshed it. — Manipadma Jena, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2018 Sometimes scenes of hunting, netting fish, herding and butchering animals, threshing grain and other farming activities were carved or painted directly onto tomb walls, as in the exquisite murals at the ancient burial grounds at Saqqara near Cairo. — Salima Ikram, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thresh
  1. twitch
  2. lick
  3. toss
  4. pound
  5. fidget
  6. whip
  7. squirm
  8. hide
Verb
  • Green said his symptoms began when his feet started twitching in his sleep.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Somewhere, John Tortorella's eye is twitching with rage after that.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of twitch
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  • Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and returning it to the vending machine while recording the act for his online followers.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • That means no tasting cookie dough made with raw eggs, no licking brownie batter off the beaters, and no homemade Caesar dressing made with uncooked yolks.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of lick
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  • Young also tossed a laser ball to tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders near the sideline in 11-on-11 work.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026
  • The eclipses this month (on August 12 and 28) may bring new people into your life, and potentially toss some expired connections out of it.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of toss
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  • Rainwater rushed into Filament Theatre in the Portage Park neighborhood on Monday as severe storms pounded the Chicago area.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The Jordan and James camps will continue to pound away at each other from their baselines, back and forth, making the rest of us who are undecided feel like chair umpires at a tennis match, head on a swivel.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of pound
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  • At about 45 minutes in, guests were looking at their phones and fidgeting in their seats.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.
    — Jennifer Liu Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 14 June 2026
Definition of fidget
Verb
  • Lesnar whipped Femi into the steel ring steps shoulder-first, but Femi returned the favor.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors allege Williams and several other suspects held a victim against his will, pistol whipped him and stripped him of his belongings, Boyd said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of whip
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  • But the real pleasure is the 303 basslines that squirm in between the drums, coating the soundscapes of the tracks in grime and noxious soot.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
  • With the contact patch sliding and squirming, the brakes had less to work with—and the car took just enough extra distance to end in an impact.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of squirm
Verb
  • The officers also have drones and helicopters equipped to track people hiding in the dark.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Here, cocktails, snacks, and afternoon tea are served daily and make for a great little spot to hide out from the heavy heat of the day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of hide

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