Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trouncing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trounce \Trounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trounced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trouncing}.] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood.
See {Truncheon}.]
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to
castigate. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trouncing
n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing},
{slaughter}, {whipping}]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
blows [syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {drubbing}, {lacing},
{whacking}]
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