資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trounce \Trounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trounced}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Trouncing}.] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood.
   See {Truncheon}.]
   To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to
   castigate. [Colloq.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

trouncing
     n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing},
           {slaughter}, {whipping}]
     2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
        blows [syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {licking}, {drubbing},
         {lacing}, {whacking}]