to trounce
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8.4
- verb
- /traʊns/
- Offensive
:
azotar
- After his harsh punishment, the father decided to trounce the boy for sneaking out late again.
Examples
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Trounce him!
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The teacher threatened to trounce the misbehaving student with a ruler if he continued to disrupt the class.
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The judge's ruling was so severe that it felt like a trounce to those guilty of the crime.
Synonyms
133
4.4
To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully
45
9.0
To beat or punish someone very badly
36
4.8
To hit something forcefully with a whip
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7.0
To hit someone hard with a whip or rod
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8.3
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
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7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
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6.5
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
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8.2
To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment
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7.4
To hit someone with a flat board as punishment
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9.5
To whip someone as punishment for religious reasons
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9.3
To beat someone severely with a whip
To hit someone and make a raised red mark on their skin
To hit someone many times with a stick
Hit someone hard as a punishment
Hit someone many times so they become badly hurt
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trounce originally meant to beat someone as a punishment; it comes from an old word meaning 'to beat' or 'to thrash'. So trounce could be used for hitting someone with a rod or cane.