To move round like a tempest.
1846. Arter I ’d gone to bed I heern Him a thrashin round like a short-tailed Bull in fli-time.—‘Biglow Papers,’ 1st Series, No. 1.
a. 1853. A circle of five seconds in dimension is plenty large enough for any decent-sized earthquake to thrash about in, and make sufficient mischief to satisfy the most devoted lover of extra excitement.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ iv. 164.
