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trounce(1) (iou)



trounce verb1 trans. M16.
[Origin unkn.]
Afflict, distress; discomfit. M16-M17.
Beat, thrash, esp. as a punishment. M16.
W. Besant They were tied up..and soundly trounced.
Censure; rebuke or scold severely. E17.
R. Gittings Trouncing the Government for suspending Habeas Corpus.
Punish severely; (now dial.) punish by legal action or process; indict, sue. Also, get the better of, defeat heavily. M17.
J. Howell How Rich. the first trounced her for murthuring the Jews. C. Connolly The disheartened Conservative party, after being trounced in the general election. Athletics Today Johnson trounced Lewis in last year's World Championships.
trouncer noun (a) a person who trounces someone or something; (b) (now rare or obsolete) an assistant to a carman, drayman, or lorry-driver: E17.
trouncing noun the action or an act of the verb; an instance of this: M16.