THRESH ABOUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Move or stir about violently

Example:

The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "thresh about" is one way to...):

agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thresh about"):

whip (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash)

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