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Verbs (8)

thrash, thresh

v. beat the seeds out of a grain

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

thrash, thresh, lam, flail

v. give a thrashing to; beat hard

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Fuzzynyms (21)

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

wring

v. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"

thrash

v. beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

lurch, pitch, shift

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

flip, toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

rock, sway

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

flagellate, scourge

v. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

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