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Noun: trouncing trawn-sing- A sound defeat
- thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, whipping, hammering [informal], pasting [informal], débâcle, smackdown [N. Amer, informal], beatdown [N. Amer] - The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, whacking, hiding [informal] Verb: trounce trawn(t)s- Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We trounced the other team on Sunday!"; - cream [informal], bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal] - Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish - Censure severely or angrily
"The deputy trounced the Prime Minister"; - call on the carpet [US, informal], take to task, rebuke, rag [informal], lecture, reprimand, jaw [informal], dress down [informal], call down [informal], scold, chide, berate, bawl out [informal], remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer, informal], wig [Brit, informal] - Beat severely with a whip or rod
"The children were severely trounced"; - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, whale [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: trouncings Type of: beat, beat up, corporal punishment, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], defeat, get the better of, knock [informal], licking, overcome, pick apart, work over |