thresh

Verb

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• beat the seeds out of a grain

• move like a flail; thresh about
  • Her arms were flailing
    

• move or stir about violently
  • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  thrash , lam , flail , convulse , thresh about , thrash about , slash , toss , jactitate