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trounce

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trounce 
  v  1:  beat  severely  with  a  whip  or  rod;  "The  teacher  often  flogged 
  the  students"  [syn:  {flog},  {welt},  {whip},  {lather},  {lash}, 
  {slash},  {strap}] 
  2:  come  out  better  in  a  competition,  race,  or  conflict;  "Agassi 
  beat  Becker  in  tennsi  championship";  "We  beat  the 
  competition";  "Harvard  defeated  Yale  in  the  last  football 
  game"  [syn:  {beat},  {beat  out},  {crush},  {vanquish}] 
  3:  be  a  mystery  or  bewildering  to:  "This  beats  me!"  "Got  me--I 
  don't  know  the  answer!"  [syn:  {perplex},  {get},  {puzzle}, 
  {mystify},  {baffle},  {beat},  {bewilder},  {flummox},  {stupefy}, 
  {stupify},  {nonplus},  {gravel},  {amaze},  {dumbfound}]




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