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  • 51trouncing — noun 1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows • Syn: ↑beating, ↑thrashing, ↑licking, ↑drubbing, ↑lacing, ↑whacking • Derivationally related forms: ↑whack ( …

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  • 52dumbfound — v. same as {dumfound}. Syn: confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be confusing to, make confused. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 53Truncheon — Trun cheon, n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron?on, F. tron?on, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See {Thyrsus} …

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  • 54mop up — verb Date: circa 1811 transitive verb 1. British to consume eagerly 2. to gather as if by absorbing; also garner < mopped up all the awards > 3. to overcome decisively ; trounce 4. to clear (an …

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  • 55larrup — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1820 dialect blow V II. verb Date: circa 1823 transitive verb 1. dialect to flog soundly ; whip …

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  • 56wallop — I. verb Etymology: Middle English walopen to gallop, from Old French (Picard dialect) waloper Date: 1579 intransitive verb 1. to boil noisily 2. a. to move with reckless or disorganized haste ; advance in a headlong rush b. wallow, flo …

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  • 57whomp — I. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1926 a loud slap, crash, or crunch II. verb Date: 1942 intransitive verb to strike with a sharp noise or thump transitive verb 1. to hit or slap sharply 2. to defeat decisively …

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  • 58Essendon Football Club — Essendon Names Full name Essendon Football Club Nickname(s) Bombers Motto Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in R …

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  • 59Super Bowl I — Infobox SuperBowl sb name = I visitor = Kansas City Chiefs home = Green Bay Packers visitor abbr = KC home abbr = GB visitor conf = AFL home conf = NFL visitor total = 10 home total = 35 visitor qtr1 = 0 visitor qtr2 = 10 visitor qtr3 = 0 visitor …

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  • 60Victoria of the United Kingdom — Infobox British Royalty|majesty name =Victoria title =Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India caption = reign =20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 (age in years and days|1837|6|20|1901|1|22|mf=y) coronation =28 June 1838 predecessor =William IV&#8230; …

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