trounce
11trounce — [[t]tra͟ʊns[/t]] trounces, trouncing, trounced VERB If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score. [INFORMAL] [V n] In Rugby League, Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. Syn: thrash …
12trounce — transitive verb (trounced; trouncing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1868 to thrash or punish severely; especially to defeat decisively …
13trounce — use of a trouncer …
14trounce — trouncer, n. /trowns/, v.t., trounced, trouncing. 1. to beat severely; thrash. 2. to punish. 3. to defeat decisively. [1545 55; orig. uncert.] * * * …
15trounce — verb a) to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily The Mexican team trounced the Americans by 10 goals to 1. b) to punish …
16trounce — Synonyms and related words: assail, attack, baste, bastinado, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, belt, best, birch, blister, buffet, cane, castigate, clobber, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, defeat, destroy, do in, drub,… …
17trounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. thrash, beat, flog. See success. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To beat] Syn. flog, pummel, thrash; see beat 2 . 2. [To defeat] Syn. conquer, beat, win, overcome; see defeat 1 , 2 , 3 . III (Roget s 3… …
18trounce — traÊŠns v. beat, vanquish; thrash, punish; baffle, bewilder …
19trounce — 1) counter 2) recount …
20trounce — verb defeat heavily in a contest. ↘rebuke or punish severely. Derivatives trouncer noun Origin C16 (also in the sense afflict ): of unknown origin …
