Trounce Common

Trounce has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

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.

Verb

beat severely with a whip or rod

"The teacher often flogged the students"

"The children were severely trounced"

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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"

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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"

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To beat severely; to thrash.

To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.

Example Sentences

"The teacher often flogged the students" verb

"The children were severely trounced" verb

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" verb

"We beat the competition" verb

"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" verb

"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" verb

"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" verb

"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" verb