trouncing
trouncing is the gerund of trounce.
trouncing is the present participle and gerund of trounce.
Meaning of trounce
Noun (1)
trounce (plural trounces)
- 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!1881 November, Mrs. M. E. Blake, “The Carnivoristicous Ounce”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume IX, part I, number 1, New York, N.Y.: The...
Noun (2)
trounce (plural trounces)
- 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.1882, Ben[jamin] Brierley, “[The Bride of Cherry Tree Cottage] Chapter II”, in Popular Edition of Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life: Daisy Nook Sketches, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, […]...
- A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious.
- Sec a trounce we've hed ower t' fells!1878, William Dickinson, “Troonce, c[entral], n[orth], Tràwwnce, s[outh]w[est]”, in A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (Series C (Original Glossaries, and...
- Synonyms:
- trance
Forms of trouncing
| plural | trouncings |
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Origin of trouncing
From trounce + -ing.
Questions about trouncing
- What is trouncing the gerund of?
- Trouncing is the gerund of trounce.
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