trouncing

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noun

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• Syn:
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, whacking
• Derivationally related forms:
whack (for: whacking), trounce, thrash (for: thrashing), beat (for: beating)
• Hypernyms:
corporal punishment
• Hyponyms:
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
2. a sound defeat
• Syn:
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, whipping
• Derivationally related forms:
whip (for: whipping), trounce, drub (for: drubbing), wallop (for: walloping), thrash (for: thrashing)
• Hypernyms:
defeat, licking