trounce Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb beat severely with a whip or rod
   strap; welt; whip; slash; lash; flog; lather.
   
   • The teacher often flogged the students
   • The children were severely trounced
2. verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   shell; beat; crush; beat out; vanquish.
   
   • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
   • We beat the competition
   • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
3. verb censure severely or angrily
   call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
   
   • 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

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