trounce
An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashingAn act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
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» He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.
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3 sensesAn act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
(UK, dialectal)A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
(UK, dialectal)A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
Examples
5 sentencesHe would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.
We trounced their team.
She trounced me at chess.
She absolutely trounces me whenever we play Scrabble.
ruОна обыгрывает меня в пух и прах каждый раз, когда мы играем в "Эрудит". — marafon
Tom trounced John.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
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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