TROUNCING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trouncing mean? 

• TROUNCING (noun)
  The noun TROUNCING has 2 senses:

1. a sound defeat

2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

  Familiarity information: TROUNCING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROUNCING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sound defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

debacle; drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping

Hypernyms ("trouncing" is a kind of...):

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Derivation:

trounce (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking

Hypernyms ("trouncing" is a kind of...):

corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trouncing"):

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)

flagellation (beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation)

Derivation:

trounce (beat severely with a whip or rod)

 Context examples 

Once, during a brief halt, when he got tangled in the traces and delayed the start, both Dave and Sol-leks flew at him and administered a sound trouncing.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)