(v) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict, Syn. shell, vanquish, trounce, beat out, crush, Example:Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
(v) beat severely with a whip or rod, Syn. trounce, slash, lash, strap, lather, welt, whip, Example:The teacher often flogged the students; The children were severely trounced
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]