'Trouncing' definitions:

Definition of 'trouncing'

(from WordNet)
noun
A sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
noun
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]

Definition of 'Trouncing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]

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