"trouncing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trouncings [plural]
Etymology: From trounce + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|trounce|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From trounce + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} trouncing (plural trouncings)
  1. gerund of trounce: a thorough defeat. Tags: form-of, gerund Form of: trounce (extra: a thorough defeat)
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Verb

Etymology: From trounce + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|trounce|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From trounce + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} trouncing
  1. present participle and gerund of trounce Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: trounce
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Inflected forms

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