Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To thrash; beat.
- transitive verb To defeat decisively.
- transitive verb To criticize severely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To punish or beat severely; thrash or whip smartly; castigate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb colloq. To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
win against (someone) by a widemargin ; tobeat thoroughly, to defeat heavily - verb transitive to punish
- verb transitive to beat severely; thrash
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
- verb censure severely or angrily
- verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Let's not forget we've seen the SNP hit the mid to high 30s in other poll so there's no reason why they won't "trounce" Labour yet.
New MORI poll and YouGov detail is up Jeff 2009
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We did "trounce" them in the first half but the second half was pretty dire.
How Unlucky Are Watford? Kerron Cross 2006
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The last thing the landlady heard him say, as she closed the street door after him, was, that he was off now, to "trounce" the two Tidbury watchmen, for not stopping the robbery -- to "trounce them handsomely," as sure as his name was Matthew Colebatchl
The Stolen Mask; or The Mysterious Cash-box. A Story for a Christmas Fireside 1864
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For Kale, they added a spacious, patient depth that hadn't existed, while laying a punchy hip-hop beat for Vishal Vaid and Iswhat? emcee Napoleon Maddox to float and trounce over.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011
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For Kale, they added a spacious, patient depth that hadn't existed, while laying a punchy hip-hop beat for Vishal Vaid and Iswhat? emcee Napoleon Maddox to float and trounce over.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011
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In fact, it used to be somewhat of a tradition for graduating students to trounce around the world for a while, whether that happened to be foreign or otherwise.
Michael Yarbrough: Self-Actualization and the College Student Michael Yarbrough 2011
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As the Giants went on to trounce the Padres 6-2, Mr. Zimei trudged back to his dressing room, yanking off a fake head to reveal a real head drenched in sweat.
The Cal Ripken of Mascots Plays On For the Giants, No Matter What Jim Carlton 2011
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For Kale, they added a spacious, patient depth that hadn't existed, while laying a punchy hip-hop beat for Vishal Vaid and Iswhat? emcee Napoleon Maddox to float and trounce over.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011
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The attacks on public-school education have strengthened my resolve not to let outside interests trounce us into the ground without a fight.
Gregory Michie: As the School Year Ends, What Mattered? Gregory Michie 2011
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The attacks on public-school education have strengthened my resolve not to let outside interests trounce us into the ground without a fight.
Gregory Michie: As the School Year Ends, What Mattered? Gregory Michie 2011
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