Wiktionary:Word of the day/November 9

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Word of the day
for November 9
trounce v
  1. (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
  2. (transitive) To beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
  3. (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
  4. (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue. [...]
  5. (intransitive, British, dialectal) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
  6. (intransitive, British, dialectal) To pass across or over; to traverse.
  7. (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
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