trounce
pronunciation
How to pronounce trounce in British English:
UK [traʊns]
How to pronounce trounce in American English:
US [traʊns]
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- Verb:
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- censure severely or angrily
Word Origin
- trounce (v.)
- 1550s, "to trouble, afflict, harass," later "to beat, thrash" (1560s), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle French troncer "to cut, cut off a piece from," from tronce "piece of timber," from Old French tronc (see trunk). Related: Trounced; trouncing.
Example
- 1. New discoveries will trounce old ideologies and open all our minds about what to do for children and how to do it .
- 2. This newspaper did not want the islamists to trounce the secular reformers , but they did .
- 3. As a result , mr netanyahu will face only an ultra-right-wing challenger , moshe feiglin , whom he will trounce .