Definition of trounce - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

Verb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

Verb

censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

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Synonyms

bawl out beat beat out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide crush dress down flog have words jaw lambast lambaste lash lather lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold shell slash strap take to task vanquish welt whip

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More General Terms

beat beat up criticise criticize defeat get the better of knock overcome pick apart work over

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More Specific Terms

bat best birch brush down castigate cat chasten chastise cheat checkmate chicane chouse clobber correct cowhide cream drub eliminate exceed flagellate get over get the best get the jump have the best horsewhip immobilise immobilize jockey leather lick master mate mop up objurgate outdo outfight outflank outgo outmatch outperform outplay outpoint outscore outstrip overcome overmaster overpower overwhelm pip rack up rout scoop scourge screw shaft spreadeagle spread-eagle subdue surmount surpass switch tell off thrash trump walk over whip whomp worst

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