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Definition of Trouncing
1. Noun. A sound defeat.
Exact synonyms: Debacle, Drubbing, Slaughter, Thrashing, Walloping, Whipping
Generic synonyms: Defeat, Licking
Derivative terms: Drub, Thrash, Trounce, Wallop, Whip
Generic synonyms: Defeat, Licking
Derivative terms: Drub, Thrash, Trounce, Wallop, Whip
2. Noun. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
Exact synonyms: Beating, Drubbing, Lacing, Licking, Thrashing, Whacking
Generic synonyms: Corporal Punishment
Specialized synonyms: Flagellation, Flogging, Lashing, Tanning, Whipping, Flagellation
Derivative terms: Beat, Thrash, Trounce, Whack
Generic synonyms: Corporal Punishment
Specialized synonyms: Flagellation, Flogging, Lashing, Tanning, Whipping, Flagellation
Derivative terms: Beat, Thrash, Trounce, Whack
Definition of Trouncing
1. Verb. (present participle of trounce) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trouncing
1. trounce [v] - See also: trounce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trouncing
Literary usage of Trouncing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"trouncing* was common in the * " trouncing was performed by stripping the boy,
mounting him on another's back, and whipping him with birch rods, ..."
2. A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman (1919)
""DEAR SIR,— I feel I must write and thank you, in the name of true art, for the
sound and well-deserved trouncing you gave to the presumptuous young person ..."
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