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trounce

[ trouns ]

/ traʊns /

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verb (used with object), trounced, trounc·ing.

to beat severely; thrash.

to punish.

to defeat decisively.

Origin of trounce

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM trounce

trounc·er, noun un·trounced, adjective

Words nearby trounce

troublesome, troublous, trouch, trough, trough roof, trounce, troupe, trouper, troupial, trous-de-loup, trouse

Example sentences from the Web for trouncing

A devotee, Kreeft gives Lewis the big philosophical guns, and has him trouncing Kennedy and Huxley pretty comprehensively.

Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley |John Garth |November 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Then he rattled off an impressive end to the season, trouncing Nadal and Djokovic.

Roger Federer: The Transformation of a Tennis Star |Sujay Kumar |July 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Two years later he won the chairmanship of the council, trouncing another popular colleague.

A Talk with D.C.'s New Mayor |Sandra McElwaine |November 2, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
With the midterms approaching, conventional wisdom has it the Dems will get a 1994-style trouncing.

The Dems Aren't Toast |Kirsten Powers |September 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

With his trouncing of Kay Bailey Hutchison in the primary, Gov. Rick Perry is no longer under the GOP radar.

The Texas Steamroller's Next Move |Mark McKinnon |March 3, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It is men that Dr. Parkhurst is trouncing—not their crimes—not Crime.

The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays |Ambrose Bierce
On a third occasion he repeated the remarks, whereupon Hood and a friend with him gave him a trouncing.

Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French |Samuel Gibbs French
But, by God His faith, an they would be ruled by me, he should get such a trouncing therefor that he should stink for it!'

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio |Giovanni Boccaccio
He loathed his mission and himself and felt that he had earned a trouncing and a disinheritance.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
It's a pity that Miss Dorothy hasn't a good big brother to give him the trouncing he so richly deserves.

Pretty Madcap Dorothy |Laura Jean Libbey

British Dictionary definitions for trouncing

trounce

/ (traʊns) /

verb

(tr) to beat or defeat utterly; thrash

Word Origin for trounce

C16: of unknown origin