English word thrash comes from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-, and later Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (To thresh.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *terh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | rub, twist |
| *þreskaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To thresh. |
| þrescan | Old English (ang) | To thresh. |
| þerscan | Old English (ang) | |
| threschen | Middle English (enm) | |
| thrasshen | Middle English (enm) | |
| thrash | English (eng) | (music) A particularly aggressive and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical precision, and alternate picking.. A beat or blow; the sound of beating. (computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.. (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior [...] |