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trouncetrounce /traʊns/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtrounce |
Present | I, you, we, they | trounce | | he, she, it | trounces | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trounced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trounced | | he, she, it | has trounced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trounced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will trounce | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trounced |
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Present | I | am trouncing | | he, she, it | is trouncing | | you, we, they | are trouncing | Past | I, he, she, it | was trouncing | | you, we, they | were trouncing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trouncing | | he, she, it | has been trouncing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trouncing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trouncing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trouncing |
- It's Washington's worst loss since Detroit trounced them 38-6.
- Nobody seemed to have any doubt that Pencader would trounce his rivals on his debut at Newbury last month.
► beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English: · We should have beaten them easily.· I always beat my brother at tennis. ► defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing: · England were defeated by 2 goals to 1.· Bush defeated Kerry in the election. ► trounce to defeat someone completely in a game: · They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait. ► thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game: · Of course, they totally creamed the other team.· I hope we thrash them! ► wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument: · She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate.· They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition. to defeat someone completely: We were trounced 13–0.► see thesaurus at beat |