English Explanatory Dictionary

trounce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To beat severely; to thrash.
  2. To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
  3. To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
  4. To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
noun
  1. An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
  1. To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
  2. To pass across or over; to traverse.
  3. To travel quickly over a long distance.
noun
  1. A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
  2. A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.

Pronunciation

/tɹaʊns/ En-uk-trounce.oga

Word forms

trounce trounces trouncing trounced

Etymology

The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher, troncir, tronchir (“to cut; to cut a piece from; to retrench”), from Old French tronce, tronche (“stump; piece of wood”). However, the English and Old French words differ in meaning. The noun is derived from the verb.

Synonyms

thump rout beat bring down convince chew up eat someone for breakfast eat someone's lunch flog humble kick ass malavogue murdelize outfox outguess outrun outsmart outwit overcome overpower overwin own pulverise pwn rape reduce spank steal the show subdue subvert surmount thrash trounce vanquish censure rebuke trance

Derived words

trouncer trouncing

Translations

Bulgarian: смазвам от бой Chinese Mandarin: 痛擊 /痛击 Czech: nařezat Czech: namlátit Dutch: afranselen Esperanto: bategi French: rosser French: battre German: verhauen German: verprügeln German: verkloppen German: verklopfen Hungarian: összever Ido: bategar Irish: liúr Irish: gread Irish: rúisc Italian: battere Italian: picchiare Italian: bastonare Norwegian Bokmål: banke Norwegian Bokmål: banke opp Norwegian Bokmål: klå Polish: bić Polish: pobić Polish: prać Polish: sprać Swedish: klå upp Turkish: dayak atmak Turkish: dövmek Ukrainian: бити Ukrainian: лупцювати Ukrainian: шмагати
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