| VERB | motion | jactitate, convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss | move or stir about violently |
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| Meaning | Move or stir about violently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss | |
| Narrower | whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash |
| Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | acuchillar, agitar, convelerse, dar vueltas, moverse agitadamente, reducir, sacudirse, sacudir, trillar, vapulear | |
| Catalan | convulsar, crispar, remenar | |
| Nouns | jactitation | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching / twitching usually by a person with a severe illness |
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