Definitions
1.verbTo beat mercilessly.
2.verbTo defeat utterly.
3.verbTo thresh.
4.verbTo move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
5.verbTo extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
6.verbIn computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
7.nounAction of the verb to thrash."the thrashings of a fish on a hook"
8.nounA beating, especially a severe one.
9.nounA heavy defeat.
10.nounExcessive paging within virtual storage.
11.nounSlam dancing.
12.nounThreshing. (of cereal crop, etc)