Trounce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To thrash; beat.
  • v. To defeat decisively.
  • verb-intransitive. To censure something or someone forcefully: "I was out to trounce on every digression and indiscretion conducted (or should I say semiconducted) in this performance” ( Robert Maxwell Stern).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
  • v. to punish
  • v. to beat severely; thrash
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To punish or beat severely; thrash or whip smartly; castigate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. beat severely with a whip or rod
  • v. censure severely or angrily
  • v. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • Verb Form
    trounced    trounces    trouncing   
    Form
    trounced    trouncing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flog    castigate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    announce    bounce    denounce    flounce    mispronounce    ounce    pounce    pronounce    renounce   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts