trounce
IPA: trˈaʊns
noun
- An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
- A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.
- A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
verb
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (transitive, Britain, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
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