Word Information

Trounce

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
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Definitions for Trounce

verb
beat severely with a whip or rod
Synonyms
Examples
  1. The teacher often flogged the students
  2. The children were severely trounced
verb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Synonyms
Examples
  1. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
  2. We beat the competition
  3. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
verb
censure severely or angrily
Synonyms
call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast
Examples
  1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Scrabble (9 points)

Words with Friends (12 points)

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