trounce

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtraʊns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/traʊns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(trouns)

Inflections of 'trounce' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
trounces
v 3rd person singular
trouncing
v pres p
trounced
v past
trounced
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
trounce /traʊns/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], trounced, trounc•ing. 
  1. to beat severely;
    defeat completely:The home team trounced the visitors, 20-0.
trounc•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
trounce  (trouns),USA pronunciation v.t., trounced, trounc•ing. 
  1. to beat severely;
    thrash.
  2. to punish.
  3. to defeat decisively.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1545–55
trounc′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trounce / traʊns/
  1. (transitive) to beat or defeat utterly; thrash
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin
'trounce' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blow - clobber - plaster - shellac - slaughter - tromp - wallop

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