verb · transitive · rare

trounce

trounce · trounces · trounced · trouncing

бити, розбити, карати, лупцювати

разгромить

verprügeln, verkloppen, vernichtend schlagen, verklagen

To beat severely; to thrashTo beat severely; to thrash.

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/tɹaʊns/

» He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.

Meaning

7 senses

(transitive)To beat severely; to thrash.
verhauen, verprügeln, verkloppen
битиbyty, лупцюватиlupcjuvaty, шмагатиšmahaty
beat severely with a whip or rod
(transitive)To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
The German team trounced the Brazilians by 7 goals to 1.
vernichtend schlagen, einmachen, plattmachen
разгромитьrazgromitʹ
розгромитиrozhromyty, розбитиrozbyty
(transitive)To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
scharf zurechtweisen, zusammenstauchen
лаятиlajaty, вичитуватиvyčytuvaty, каратиkaraty
(UK, regional, transitive)To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
verklagen
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To pass across or over; to traverse.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To travel quickly over a long distance.

Examples

5 sentences

He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.
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We trounced their team.
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She trounced me at chess.
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She absolutely trounces me whenever we play Scrabble.
ruОна обыгрывает меня в пух и прах каждый раз, когда мы играем в "Эрудит".
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Tom trounced John.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to beat severely — see also thrash:

to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily:

to chastise or punish physically or verbally:

Русский

By meaning 1

to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to beat severely — see also thrash:

to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily:

to chastise or punish physically or verbally:

to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue:

Origin

The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher,

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 verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trance with the same senses), possibly either:

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