trouncing, vbl. n.
(ˈtraʊnsɪŋ)
[f. trounce v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of trounce v.1; a beating, thrashing; also fig. Also attrib.
| a 1553 C. Bansley Treat. xii. (Percy Soc.) 5 Tyll you tricke and trotte youre selfe, to the devyls trounsynge neste. c 1580 J. Jeffere Bugbears Epil. in Archiv Stud. Neu. Spr. (1897), With rowsynges, with bownsynges, with trownsynges. 1803 R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 64 In a passion I flew, And gave her a trouncin. 1867 Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Aug. 3 Cheltenham gave Marylebone a fine trouncing. |