In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TROUNCING
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
(noun) a sound defeat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trouncing (plural trouncings)
gerund of trounce: a thorough defeat.
Verb
trouncing
present participle of trounce
Anagrams
• cornuting
Source: Wiktionary
TROUNCE
Trounce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Trouncing.] Etym: [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See Truncheon.]
Definition: To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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