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trouncing

noun

Etymology

From trounce + -ing.

  1. inherited from tramplen — “to tread on, trample”
  2. derived from trānsīre
  3. derived from transir — “to cut through, pass through”
  4. inherited from trauncen
  5. inherited from traunce
  6. suffixed as trouncing — “trounce + ing”

Definitions

  1. gerund of trounce

    gerund of trounce: a thorough defeat.

    • The local football team has suffered three trouncings this season.

  2. present participle and gerund of trounce

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trouncing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA