trouncing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trouncing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trouncing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trouncing n a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows Synonym(s): beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]