trounce

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /tɹaʊns/
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• rhymes with -aʊns
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AW1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher, troncir, tronchir (“to cut; to cut a piece from; to retrench”), from Old French tronce, tronche (“stump; piece of wood”). However, the English and Old French words differ in meaning. The noun is derived from the verb.

The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trance with the same senses), possibly either: * from Middle English trauncen, transen (“to pass from life to death, die”), from Old French transir (“to cut through, pass through”), from Latin trānsīre, present active infinitive of trānseō (“to cross, traverse; to go over (to a side or faction); to pass over; to exceed, surpass; of time: to elapse, pass; (figuratively) to cease, pass away”), from trāns (“across; beyond”) + eō (“to go”); or * a blend of Middle English tramplen (“to tread on, trample”) + dauncen (“to dance”) or prauncen (“to prance”). The noun is probably derived from the verb.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разгром (razgrom) — thorough defeat
• Māori: haukerekeretanga — thorough defeat
• Polish: porażka — thorough defeat
• Polish: przegrana — thorough defeat
• Bulgarian: смазвам от бой (smazvam ot boj) — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Chinese Mandarin: 痛擊 /痛击 (tòngjī) — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Czech: nařezat — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Czech: namlátit — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Dutch: afranselen — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Esperanto: bategi — to beat severely — see also thrash
• French: rosser — to beat severely — see also thrash
• French: battre — to beat severely — see also thrash
• German: verhauen — to beat severely — see also thrash
• German: verprügeln — to beat severely — see also thrash
• German: verkloppen — to beat severely — see also thrash
• German: verklopfen — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Hungarian: összever — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Ido: bategar — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Irish: liúr — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Irish: gread — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Irish: rúisc — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Italian: battere — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Italian: picchiare — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Italian: bastonare — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke opp — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Norwegian Bokmål: klå — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Polish: bić — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Polish: pobić — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Polish: prać — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Polish: sprać — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Swedish: klå upp — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Turkish: dayak atmak — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Turkish: dövmek — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Ukrainian: бити (byty) — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Ukrainian: лупцювати (lupcjuvaty) — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Ukrainian: шмагати (šmahaty) — to beat severely — see also thrash
• Bulgarian: съсипвам (sǎsipvam) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Chinese Mandarin: 擊潰 /击溃 (jīkuì) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Czech: rozdrtit — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Czech: převálcovat — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Czech: smést — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Dutch: verpletteren — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• French: écraser — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• French: pulvériser — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• German: vernichtend schlagen — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• German: einmachen — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• German: plattmachen — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Hebrew: הביס (hevís) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Hungarian: elver — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Hungarian: megver — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Hungarian: megsemmisítő vereséget mér — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Irish: gread — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Italian: surclassare — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Italian: sbaragliare — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Italian: stravincere — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Italian: travolgere — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Māori: haukerekere — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: knuse — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: mose — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: klå — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: knuse — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: mose — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Norwegian Bokmål: klå — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Polish: pokonywać — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Polish: pokonać — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Russian: разгромить (razgromitʹ) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Spanish: aplastar — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Spanish: dar una paliza — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Swedish: utklassa — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Swedish: krossa — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Swedish: mosa — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Swedish: ge storstryk — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Turkish: bozguna uğratmak — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Ukrainian: розгромити (rozhromyty) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Ukrainian: розбити (rozbyty) — to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
• Bulgarian: наказвам (nakazvam) — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Dutch: kastijden — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• German: scharf zurechtweisen — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• German: zusammenstauchen — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Italian: castigare — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Italian: punire — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Italian: penalizzare — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Norwegian Bokmål: irettesette — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Norwegian Bokmål: overfuse — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Polish: łajać — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Polish: złajać — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Turkish: fırça atmak — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Turkish: paylamak — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Ukrainian: лаяти (lajaty) — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Ukrainian: вичитувати (vyčytuvaty) — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Ukrainian: карати (karaty) — to chastise or punish physically or verbally
• Dutch: aanklagen — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue
• German: verklagen — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue
• Norwegian Bokmål: anklage — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue
• Norwegian Bokmål: saksøke — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue
• Polish: pozywać — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue
• Polish: pozwać — to punish by bringing a lawsuit against — see also sue