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trounce - Dictionary definition and meaning for word trounce
Definition
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod
Synonyms : flog , lash , lather , slash , strap , welt , whip
Example Sentence
- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
Definition
(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Synonyms : beat , beat out , crush , shell , vanquish
Example Sentence
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Definition
(verb) censure severely or angrily
Synonyms : bawl out , berate , call down , call on the carpet , chew out , chew up , chide , dress down , have words , jaw , lambast , lambaste , lecture , rag , rebuke , remonstrate , reprimand , reproof , scold , take to task
Example Sentence
- 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

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trounce

trounce: try uncle to stand in tne bus nobody will give u sit.

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Teribbly annOUNCE.shout,censure

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tear and bound <--- these are caused by beating

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