trounce
21trounce — verb (T) to defeat someone completely: We were trounced 13 0 …
22trounce — verb Turner scored a season high 19 points when the UConn women trounced St. Joseph s 87 – 34 Syn: defeat convincingly, rout, crush, overwhelm; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, whip, drub, shellac, cream, skunk, pulverize, massacre, crucify,… …
23trounce — v 1. beat, thrash, flog, Inf. lambaste, Archaic. belabor, pound, batter, pummel, hit soundly, Inf. whale; Inf. give it to, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. sock it to, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. work [s.o.] over, Sl. give [s.o.] the works. 2.… …
24trounce — [traʊns] verb [T] to easily defeat an opponent in a game, competition, election etc …
25trounce — [[t]traʊns[/t]] v. t. trounced, trounc•ing 1) to beat severely; thrash 2) to defeat decisively • Etymology: 1545–55 trounc′er, n …
26trounce — /traʊns / (say trowns) verb (t) (trounced, trouncing) 1. to beat or thrash severely. 2. to punish. 3. to defeat convincingly. {origin uncertain} …
27trounce — v. defeat somebody (often in a game or other contest) …
28trounce — [traunts] tv. to beat someone; to outscore someone. (Sports.) □ They really trounced us. □ Western trounced Eastern for the tenth year in a row …
29trounce — v.tr. 1 defeat heavily. 2 beat, thrash. 3 punish severely. Derivatives: trouncer n. trouncing n. Etymology: 16th c., = afflict: orig. unkn …
30Trounced — Trounce 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.] [1913 Webster] …
