Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for trounce. Search instead for trounces.
Synonyms

trounce

American  
[trouns] / traʊns /

verb (used with object)

trounced, trouncing

  1. to beat severely; thrash.

  2. to punish.

  3. to defeat decisively.

trounce British  
/ traʊns /

verb

  1. (tr) to beat or defeat utterly; thrash

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • trouncer noun
  • untrounced adjective

Etymology

Origin of trounce

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.