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Definition of Trounce
1. Verb. Beat severely with a whip or rod. "They want to trounce the prisoners "; "The children were severely trounced"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Specialized synonyms: Flagellate, Scourge, Leather, Horsewhip, Switch, Cowhide, Cat, Birch
Derivative terms: Flogging, Lash, Lash, Strap, Trouncing, Welt, Whip, Whip, Whipper, Whipping
2. Verb. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. "The fighter managed to trounce his opponent"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
Entails: Win
Specialized synonyms: Outpoint, Outscore, Walk Over, Eliminate, Mop Up, Pip, Rack Up, Whip, Worst, Whomp, Get The Best, Have The Best, Overcome, Rout, Spread-eagle, Spreadeagle, Get The Jump, Cheat, Chicane, Chouse, Jockey, Screw, Shaft, Exceed, Outdo, Outgo, Outmatch, Outperform, Outstrip, Surmount, Surpass, Get Over, Master, Overcome, Subdue, Surmount, Best, Outdo, Outflank, Scoop, Trump, Outfight, Overmaster, Overpower, Overwhelm, Checkmate, Mate, Immobilise, Immobilize, Outplay, Bat, Clobber, Cream, Drub, Lick, Thrash
Related verbs: Beat, Circumvent, Outfox, Outsmart, Outwit, Overreach
Generic synonyms: Defeat, Get The Better Of, Overcome
Derivative terms: Beatable, Beating, Trouncing, Vanquishable, Vanquisher
3. Verb. Censure severely or angrily. "Sam cannot trounce Sue "; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Specialized synonyms: Castigate, Chasten, Chastise, Correct, Objurgate, Brush Down, Tell Off
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart
Derivative terms: Chiding, Lecture, Rebuke, Rebuker, Reprimand, Reproof, Scolder, Scolding
Definition of Trounce
1. v. t. To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
Definition of Trounce
1. Verb. (transitive) to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to punish ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to beat severely; thrash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trounce
1. to beat severely [v TROUNCED, TROUNCING, TROUNCES]
Medical Definition of Trounce
1. To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. Origin: F. Tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See Truncheon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trounce
Literary usage of Trounce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... que iay eii davoir este' trounce dans le nombre de celles qui luy ont escrit.
... trounce ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... on the pretence that the defendant has found them and appropriated them. OFr.
trover, to find. See Contrive. * To trounce. The passage in Judges 4. ..."
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