trounce

trounce
Synonyms and related words:
assail, attack, baste, bastinado, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, belt, best, birch, blister, buffet, cane, castigate, clobber, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, defeat, destroy, do in, drub, excoriate, fix, flagellate, flail, flay, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hide, hors de combat, horsewhip, knout, lace, lambaste, lash, lather, lay on, lick, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, overwhelm, pistol-whip, pommel, pummel, put, rawhide, roast, ruin, scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, settle, shellac, skin, skin alive, slash, smite, spank, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, take the cake, thrash, thump, trim, triumph, triumph over, truncheon, undo, walk all over, wallop, whale, whip, whomp, whop, win, worst

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  • Trounce — Trounce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trounced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trouncing}.] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See {Truncheon}.] To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trounce — index beat (strike), browbeat, defeat, lash (strike), punish, reprehend, reprimand …   Law dictionary

  • trounce — [trauns] v [T] to defeat someone completely ▪ We were trounced 13 0 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • trounce — [ trauns ] verb transitive to easily defeat an opponent in a game, competition, election, etc. ╾ trounc|ing noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • trounce — 1550s, to trouble, afflict, harass, later to beat, thrash (1560s), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to M.Fr. troncer to cut, cut off a piece from, from tronce piece of timber, from O.Fr. tronc (see TRUNK (Cf. trunk)). Related: Trounced;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • trounce — [v] defeat overwhelmingly bash, beat, blank, bury, bust*, cap, clobber, conquer, cook one’s goose*, crush, drub, dust*, fix one’s wagon*, flog, hammer*, lambaste*, lather*, lick*, make mincemeat of*, murder, overcome, overwhelm, paste*, pommel*,… …   New thesaurus

  • trounce — ► VERB 1) defeat heavily in a contest. 2) rebuke or punish severely. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • trounce — [trouns] vt. trounced, trouncing [< ?] 1. to beat; thrash; flog 2. Informal to defeat soundly trouncer n …   English World dictionary

  • Trounce — Recorded in a range of spellings including Trounce, Trounson, Trownson, Trunchion and Trouncer, this is a medieval English surname, but one of early French origins. It derives from the word tronche, a word probably introduced at the time of the… …   Surnames reference

  • trounce — UK [traʊns] / US verb [transitive] Word forms trounce : present tense I/you/we/they trounce he/she/it trounces present participle trouncing past tense trounced past participle trounced to easily defeat an opponent in a game, competition, election …   English dictionary

  • trounce — [[t]tra͟ʊns[/t]] trounces, trouncing, trounced VERB If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score. [INFORMAL] [V n] In Rugby League, Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. Syn: thrash …   English dictionary

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