trouncing

trounce

T0382600 (trouns)tr.v. trounced, trounc·ing, trounc·es 1. To thrash; beat: "A crew of clean-cut thugs trounced him as he stepped out of a taxi into the unlit street" (Christropher Hunt).2. To defeat decisively: The mayor was trounced in the election.3. To criticize severely: The play was trounced by reviewers.

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Noun	1.	trouncing - a sound defeat drubbing, thrashing, walloping, whipping, slaughter, debacledefeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	trouncing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blowswhacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, lacingcorporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crimeflogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishmentflagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

Translations

Prügel