trounce

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To beat severely; to thrash.

   “I tell you, I meane to trounce him after twenty in the hundred, and have a bout with him with two ſtaves and a pike for this geare.”

2. fiil To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.

   “The Mexican team trounced the Americans by 10 goals to 1.”

3. fiil To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.

   “Say I, write I, or dooe I, what I can, he will haunt and trounce me perpetually, with ſpiritiſh workes of ſupererogation, inceſſant tormentours of the civilian and devine.”

4. fiil To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.

   “Slept hard till 8 o'clock, then waked by Mr. Clerke's being come to consult me about Field's business, which we did by calling him up to my bedside, and he says we shall trounce him.”

5. isim An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

   “He sprang on his prey with a pounce, / And he gave it a jerk and a trounce; / Then crunched up its bones / On the grass or the stones, / This carnivoristicous Ounce, / 'Ticous Ounce! / This carnivoristicous Ounce!”

6. fiil To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.

   “There were no railways then—well, not in Hazelworth, at any rate—and as coach-fares would have absorbed most of our stock of "Sunday pennies," we had to "trounce" every inch of our way to Manchester.”

7. fiil To pass across or over; to traverse.

   “"And at school everyone knows I'm Dana Winslow's younger sister. Mr. Johnson, the science teacher, even calls me Dana sometimes." / Dana looked up then. "Do you answer him?" / "I have to. If I don't he thinks I'm not participating." Aly got up and trounced over to the bookcase.”

8. fiil To travel quickly over a long distance.

   “Lyra trounces into the kitchen, a smile on her face. "Good morning, everyone! Morning, Grandpa. Morning, Gramps."”

9. isim A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge.

   “An' what a trounce it's bin! I declare to goodness I'm as out o' wynt as an owd pair o' ballis, wi' walkin so far.”

10. isim A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.

    “Sec a trounce we've hed ower t' fells!”