trouncing (noun)
1trouncing — noun 1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows • Syn: ↑beating, ↑thrashing, ↑licking, ↑drubbing, ↑lacing, ↑whacking • Derivationally related forms: ↑whack ( …
2trounce — UK [traʊns] / US verb [transitive] Word forms trounce : present tense I/you/we/they trounce he/she/it trounces present participle trouncing past tense trounced past participle trounced to easily defeat an opponent in a game, competition, election …
3drubbing — noun 1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows • Syn: ↑beating, ↑thrashing, ↑licking, ↑lacing, ↑trouncing, ↑whacking • Derivationally related forms: ↑whack ( …
4thrashing — noun 1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows • Syn: ↑beating, ↑licking, ↑drubbing, ↑lacing, ↑trouncing, ↑whacking • Derivationally related forms: ↑whack ( …
5debacle — noun 1. a sudden and violent collapse (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fiasco • Hypernyms: ↑collapse 2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer • Hypernyms: ↑flood, ↑ …
6flagellation — noun 1. beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation • Hypernyms: ↑beating, ↑thrashing, ↑licking, ↑drubbing, ↑lacing, ↑trouncing, ↑whacking 2. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment …
7corporal punishment — noun the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime • Hypernyms: ↑punishment, ↑penalty, ↑penalization, ↑penalisation • Hyponyms: ↑beating, ↑thrashing, ↑licking, ↑ …
8licking — noun, informal 1) the Mariners took a licking Syn: defeat, beating, trouncing, thrashing; informal hiding, pasting, hammering, drubbing, shellacking 2) Ray got the worst licking of his life Syn …
9flogging — noun beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment • Syn: ↑whipping, ↑tanning, ↑lashing, ↑flagellation • Derivationally related forms: ↑flagellate (for: ↑flagellation), ↑ …
10tanning — noun 1. process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light • Derivationally related forms: ↑tan • Hypernyms: ↑bodily process, ↑body process, ↑bodily function, ↑activity 2. beating with a whip or strap or rope… …
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