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trouncing

 

  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]: 
 
  trouncing 
  n  1:  a  sound  defeat  [syn:  {thrashing},  {walloping},  {debacle},  {drubbing}, 
  {slaughter},  {whipping}] 
  2:  the  act  of  inflicting  corporal  punishment  with  repeated 
  blows  [syn:  {beating},  {thrashing},  {drubbing},  {whacking}]




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