trounce

Plural: trounces

Verb

Verb Forms: trounced, trouncing, trounces

• To defeat decisively or punish severely.
• beat severely with a whip or rod
  • "The children were severely trounced"
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• censure severely or angrily
• To beat severely; to thrash.
• To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
• To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
• To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
• To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
• To pass across or over; to traverse.
• To travel quickly over a long distance.

Noun

• An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
• A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
• A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.

Examples

• He aimed to TROUNCE his opponent with a massive bingo play on the next turn.
• The Mexican team trounced the Americans by 10 goals to 1.

Synonyms

bawl out, beat, beat out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, crush, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, shell, slash, strap, take to task, vanquish, welt, whip, bring down, censure, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, humble, kick ass, murdelize, outfox, outguess, outrun, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overpower, overwin, own, pulverise, pwn, spank, steal the show, subdue, subvert, surmount, thrash, trance, trounce

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