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TROUNCING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does trouncing mean?

• TROUNCING (noun)
The noun TROUNCING has 2 senses:

1. a sound defeat
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Familiarity information: TROUNCING used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TROUNCING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A sound defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

walloping; drubbing; trouncing; thrashing; slaughter; whipping; debacle

Hypernyms ("trouncing" is a kind of...):

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

whacking; beating; trouncing; thrashing; licking; drubbing; lacing

Hypernyms ("trouncing" is a kind of...):

corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trouncing"):

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)

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