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Definition of trounce in English: trounceverb traʊnstraʊns [with object]1Defeat heavily in a contest. Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final Example sentencesExamples - In York White Rose Ladies League division one, Sun's title aspirations were dealt a blow after Tap trounced them 5-2.
- There will have been more than a few County fans aggrieved at defeating Alloa by a margin less impressive than their rivals' 4-1 trouncing the previous week, but let there be no mistake, this was a vital win in a fraught campaign.
- In fact, since they lost to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final, the Dragons have only beaten their premiership nemesis once - a 50-4 trouncing the following year in Wollongong.
- They trounced Fiji before losing heavily to South Africa and, most gallingly, being edged out by Samoa at L' Aquila.
- Even with the forwards far below their recent best, Scotland, though roundly trounced by the end, had enough of the ball and the game against Ireland to have won the match.
- Howard, of course, went on to trounce Mark in the only contest that in the end mattered - on the election day.
- Last season they had a point to prove and they did just that, going unbeaten through their league campaign and then trouncing Grange in the Scottish Cup final just 24 hours after the Edinburgh club had been crowned Premier League champions.
- The legislative Speaker conceded defeat after being trounced by Jones.
- A furlong out they were hailing a champion but he just got beat; he has not been trounced, he was only beaten in the last 100 yards.
- He jumped and travelled really well in that particular contest, as he trounced his opponent by 20 lengths.
- Both sides have recorded good midweek results, Harrogate beating Whitley Bay 1-0 and Farsley trouncing Bradford Park Avenue 4-1.
- Fylde gained ample revenge for an earlier 6-1 defeat by trouncing Arnside Reserves 10-1.
- The President's party looked set for five years in power and a free hand on reforms yesterday after trouncing the left and far right in first round voting that pointed to a solid parliament majority.
- Despite these admirable performances, the Scots couldn't prevent St. Benedict from trouncing them 119-41.
- Bury suffered their worst ever Football League Cup defeated when they were trounced 10-by West Ham.
- Australia's cricketers are back after trouncing England by 57 runs in last night's match here.
- The major countries are trouncing the minor countries, which really makes one wonder about the countries that have been eliminated on the way to these finals.
Synonyms defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees informal hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, give someone a pasting, whip, pound, pulverize, massacre, crucify, demolish, destroy, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, make mincemeat of, murder, flatten, turn inside out, run rings around British informal stuff, marmalize North American informal shellac, blow out, cream, skunk US informal own - 1.1 Rebuke or punish severely.
insider dealing has been roundly trounced Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile, the young woman in the leather suit had trounced several of the black-clad thugs.
- Critics trounced it, because that's what they do... they're fickle like that.
- On more than one occasion, a self-appointed individual would take it upon himself to give me a severe trouncing.
Synonyms thrash, beat, whip, flog, lash, birch, cane, leather, spank, chastise, lambaste informal belt, wallop, give a hiding to, tan the hide of
Derivatives noun It was a close game, and from the early exchanges to the nail-biting finish, both teams gave everything they had - South Africa giving just that little bit more than their English counterparts to run out 36-0 trouncers. Example sentencesExamples - How dare he even mention her name when he is one of the worst trouncers of human rights everywhere?
- Again, I am not a trouncer, but I want to say I feel it's legitimate to express a concern, and being compared to McCarthyite witchhunting, if that is the incident you refer to, is not a fair analogy.
Origin Mid 16th century (also in the sense 'afflict'): of unknown origin. Rhymes announce, bounce, denounce, flounce, fluid ounce, jounce, mispronounce, ounce, pounce, pronounce, renounce Definition of trounce in US English: trounceverbtrounstraʊns [with object]1Defeat heavily in a contest. the Knicks trounced the Rockets on Sunday Example sentencesExamples - Fylde gained ample revenge for an earlier 6-1 defeat by trouncing Arnside Reserves 10-1.
- Last season they had a point to prove and they did just that, going unbeaten through their league campaign and then trouncing Grange in the Scottish Cup final just 24 hours after the Edinburgh club had been crowned Premier League champions.
- The legislative Speaker conceded defeat after being trounced by Jones.
- Bury suffered their worst ever Football League Cup defeated when they were trounced 10-by West Ham.
- In fact, since they lost to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final, the Dragons have only beaten their premiership nemesis once - a 50-4 trouncing the following year in Wollongong.
- A furlong out they were hailing a champion but he just got beat; he has not been trounced, he was only beaten in the last 100 yards.
- There will have been more than a few County fans aggrieved at defeating Alloa by a margin less impressive than their rivals' 4-1 trouncing the previous week, but let there be no mistake, this was a vital win in a fraught campaign.
- The President's party looked set for five years in power and a free hand on reforms yesterday after trouncing the left and far right in first round voting that pointed to a solid parliament majority.
- Both sides have recorded good midweek results, Harrogate beating Whitley Bay 1-0 and Farsley trouncing Bradford Park Avenue 4-1.
- Australia's cricketers are back after trouncing England by 57 runs in last night's match here.
- Even with the forwards far below their recent best, Scotland, though roundly trounced by the end, had enough of the ball and the game against Ireland to have won the match.
- They trounced Fiji before losing heavily to South Africa and, most gallingly, being edged out by Samoa at L' Aquila.
- The major countries are trouncing the minor countries, which really makes one wonder about the countries that have been eliminated on the way to these finals.
- Despite these admirable performances, the Scots couldn't prevent St. Benedict from trouncing them 119-41.
- In York White Rose Ladies League division one, Sun's title aspirations were dealt a blow after Tap trounced them 5-2.
- He jumped and travelled really well in that particular contest, as he trounced his opponent by 20 lengths.
- Howard, of course, went on to trounce Mark in the only contest that in the end mattered - on the election day.
Synonyms defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees - 1.1 Rebuke or punish severely.
some shows were trounced by critics Example sentencesExamples - Critics trounced it, because that's what they do... they're fickle like that.
- On more than one occasion, a self-appointed individual would take it upon himself to give me a severe trouncing.
- Meanwhile, the young woman in the leather suit had trounced several of the black-clad thugs.
Synonyms thrash, beat, whip, flog, lash, birch, cane, leather, spank, chastise, lambaste
Origin Mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘afflict’): of unknown origin. |