trouncing

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trounce

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tr.v. trounced, trounc·ing, trounc·es

1. To thrash; beat: "A crew of clean-cut thugs trounced him as he stepped out of a taxi into the unlit street" (Christropher Hunt).

2. To defeat decisively: The mayor was trounced in the election.

3. To criticize severely: The play was trounced by reviewers.

[Origin unknown.]

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Noun	1.	trouncing - a sound defeat drubbing, thrashing, walloping, whipping, slaughter, debacle defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	trouncing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

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Prügel

trouncing

n → Prügel pl (also Sport); to give somebody a trouncing → jdm Prügel verpassen

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Once, during a brief halt, when he got tangled in the traces and delayed the start, both Dave and Sol- leks flew at him and administered a sound trouncing. The resulting tangle was even worse, but Buck took good care to keep the traces clear thereafter; and ere the day was done, so well had he mastered his work, his mates about ceased nagging him.

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Half a dozen special policemen, hired by the Weasel Park management, received an impartial trouncing from both sides.

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but we did receive a trouncing as we scattered in all directions.

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