transitive verb apallissar , pegar person estomacar , estovar , atonyinar as punishment assotar , fuetejar , flagellar Sport etc batre , vèncer to thrash out discutir llargament to thrash the water when swimming batre l'aigua to thrash to windward Nautical navegar a l'orsa \ contra el vent intransitive verb to thrash about debategar , debatre's he thrashed about with his stick amb el bastó anava donant cops per totes bandes they were thrashing in the water es debatien dins l'aigua