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Thrashing
- verb - a sound defeat
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
- dance the slam dance
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
- move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Threshing
- verb - beat the seeds out of a grain
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
- move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw; "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"
Tisiphone
- noun - one of the three Furies
Tonophant
- - A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjustable by a screw socket.
Topophone
- - A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.
Trenchant
- adjective - characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"
- clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
- having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
Trenching
- verb - cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
- cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
- dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
- fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"
- impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
- set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
Twitching
- verb - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Unbethink
- - To change the mind of (one's self).