---

• n  a sound defeat
• n  the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• v  beat severely with a whip or rod
• v  come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• v  censure severely or angrily

• During one trouncing, he separated his left shoulder.
• Sgolne Royal, the Socialist candidate for France's upcoming presidential elections, seemed bulletproof last autumn after trouncing two opponents with high-powered resums.
• As Barack Obama was racking up his sixth, seventh and eighth consecutive wins in the week that had passed since Super Tuesday trouncing her in Maryland, Virginia and the .

• thrashing
• walloping
• debacle
• drubbing
• slaughter
• whipping
• beating
• licking
• lacing
• whacking
• flog
• welt
• whip
• lather
• lash
• slash
• strap
• trounce
• beat
• beat out
• crush
• shell
• vanquish
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• reproof
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• chew up
• have words
• lambaste
• lambast

News & Articles

---

• Why Chesapeake Is Poised to Outperform
  Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 4-Star.        
  June 11, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Why NVIDIA Is Poised to Pop
  Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 4-Star.        
  June 11, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Why Westport Is Ready to Rebound
  Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 5-Star.        
  June 11, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

---

• Bobby Bowden in Tampa Tribune
  Our kids made a fantastic comeback,Bowden said. "The way they were trouncing us in the second quarter, I didn't know if our kids had what it takes to come back or not, especially with our quarterback out. [Ponder] played better than I...
• Ezra Klein in Washington Times
  The most telling poll result from [Wednesday] night's debate was not the CBS survey of uncommitted voters that found Obama trouncing McCain, 53 percent to 22 percent,Ezra Klein writes at the American Prospect's Web site, www.prospect.org.
• Nick Easter in Scotsman
  Easter said: "We were never in the game. There were too many free-kicks and penalties. We were always chasing the game." "We are pretty down. That was a trouncing. It was pretty embarrassing, the scoreline."