trouncingn.
/ˈtraʊnsɪŋ/ The action of trounce v.1; a beating, thrashing; also figurative. Also attributive.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of
threshingOE
fustigation1428
breeching1520
trouncingc1550
bace1575
firking1594
belting1602
knave's grease1602
oil of baston1604
oil of birch1604
oil of hazel1604
oil of holly1604
oil of whip1604
lamb-pie1607
lamming1611
drubbing1650
vapulation1656
warming1681
floggation1688
working over1695
cullis1719
thrashing1720
halberd1756
licking1756
dressing1769
leathering1790
nointing1794
dusting1799
teasing1807
hiding1809
whopping1812
thrumming1823
toco1823
flaking1829
teaser1832
lathering1835
welting1840
pasting1851
towelling1851
whaling1852
hickory oil1855
swishing1859
slating1860
going-over1881
six of the best1912
belt beating1928
ass-kicking1943
stomping1958
seeing to1968
butt-kicking1970
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > losing or defeat
loss1548
thrashing1797
punishment1811
trouncing1867
gruelling1882
shut-out1889
slaughter1890
nong1903
caning1933
massacre1940
whacking1951
c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.iv Tyll you tricke and trotte youre selfe, to the deuyls trounsynge neste.
c1580 tr. Bugbears Epil., in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 With rowsynges, with bownsynges, with trownsynges.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 61 In a passion I flew, And gev her a trouncin.
1867 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Aug. 3 Cheltenham gave Marylebone a fine trouncing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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trouncing
trouncing adj.
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1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dvj In cytie, I must set vppon My golde bespangled mule, In deeper way, a trounsinge steede, Whome vneth ought can rule.
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