verb. Present participle of trounce.

noun. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

noun. a sound defeat

"If Florida's Democratic trouncing is any indication of what Americans think of the Tea Party's ideals, they're in really big trouble."

defeat  licking  

announcing  bouncing  denouncing  mispronouncing  pouncing  

Waterloo  bastinado  basting  battery  beating  

trounce