thrash vs wand

thrash

verb
  • To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. 

  • To defeat utterly. 

  • In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system. 

  • To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour. 

  • To beat mercilessly. 

  • To thresh. 

noun
  • A beat or blow; the sound of beating. 

  • thrash metal 

wand

verb
  • To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector. 

noun
  • A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. 

  • A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow. 

  • An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. 

  • A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands. 

  • A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod). 

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