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Trounce Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Trounce?
[v] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
[v] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [v] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonyms | Synonyms for Trounce: bawl out | beat | beat out | berate | 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 | vanquish | welt | whip Related Terms | Find terms related to Trounce: See Also | bat | beat | beat up | best | birch | brush down | castigate | cat | chasten | chastise | cheat | checkmate | chicane | chouse | clobber | correct | cowhide | criticise | criticize | defeat | drub | eliminate | exceed | flagellate | get the jump | horsewhip | immobilise | immobilize | jockey | lick | mate | mop up | objurgate | outdo | outfight | outflank | outgo | outmatch | outplay | outpoint | outscore | outstrip | overcome | overmaster | overpower | overwhelm | pick apart | pip | rack up | rout | scoop | scourge | screw | shaft | spreadeagle | spread-eagle | surmount | surpass | switch | tell off | thrash | trump | whip | whomp | win | work over | worst Trounce In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
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