trouncing
noun
1. a sound defeat
Similar word(s): debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, walloping, whipping
Definition categories: event, defeat, licking
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Similar word(s): beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, whacking
Definition categories: act
Sentences with trouncing as a noun:
- The local football team has suffered three trouncings this season.
verb
1. present participle of trounce