trounce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: trounces
form: trouncing
form: trounced
form: trounced
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trance with the same senses), possibly either:
* from Middle English trauncen, transen (“to pass from life to death, die”), from Old French transir (“to cut through, pass through”), from Latin trānsīre, present active infinitive of trānseō (“to cross, traverse; to go over (to a side or faction); to pass over; to exceed, surpass; of time: to elapse, pass; (figuratively) to cease, pass away”), from trāns (“across; beyond”) + eō (“to go”); or
* a blend of Middle English tramplen (“to tread on, trample”) + dauncen (“to dance”) or prauncen (“to prance”).
The noun is probably derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: There were no railways then—well, not in Hazelworth, at any rate—and as coach-fares would have absorbed most of our stock of "Sunday pennies," we had to "trounce" every inch of our way to Manchester.
ref: 1882, Ben[jamin] Brierley, “Easter Holidays: A ‘Lump-Yead’s’ Story”, in Popular Edition of Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life: Daisy Nook Sketches, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 180:
text: I am what a Yorkshireman would call a 'Lanky,' and perhaps as poor a specimen of the cotton county's human produce as ever trounced barefoot through its lanes, or shuddered at the sound of its factory bells.
ref: 1884, Ben[jamin] Brierley, “‘Dragged Up.’ [Written during the Cotton Famine.]”, in Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life: The Chronicles of Waverlow, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 25:
synonyms: word: trance
english: obsolete except dialectal
translation: obsolete except dialectal
glosses: To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
examples: text: "And at school everyone knows I'm Dana Winslow's younger sister. Mr. Johnson, the science teacher, even calls me Dana sometimes." / Dana looked up then. "Do you answer him?" / "I have to. If I don't he thinks I'm not participating." Aly got up and trounced over to the bookcase.
ref: 1998, Jill Barnett, “[Old Things] Chapter 8”, in Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Jill Barnett, That Summer Place, New York, N.Y.: Mira, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Mira, 2008, →ISBN, page 75:
synonyms: word: trance
english: obsolete except dialectal
translation: obsolete except dialectal
glosses: To pass across or over; to traverse.
examples: text: Lyra trounces into the kitchen, a smile on her face. "Good morning, everyone! Morning, Grandpa. Morning, Gramps."
ref: 2005, Lisa Samson, chapter 24, in Club Sandwich: A Novel, Colorado Springs, Colo.: WaterBrook Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 286:
text: Don't thank us, then, she snaps, and trounces off down the road.
ref: 2009, Jacob Polley, chapter 13, in Talk of the Town, London: Picador, →ISBN; republished London: Picador, 2010, →ISBN, page 121:
synonyms: word: trance
english: obsolete except dialectal
translation: obsolete except dialectal
glosses: To travel quickly over a long distance.