The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LACING , but the solution may also be LOSS which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Trouncing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LACING | 33 % | 6 |
| WALLOPING | 33 % | 9 |
| LOSS | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trouncing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- beating
- debacle
- drubbing
- slaughter
- thrashing
- walloping
- whacking
- whipping
- thumping
- defeating
- shellacking
- rout
Crossword Answer definitions
LACING verb- To fasten (something) with laces.
- To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
- To interweave items.
- To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
- To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
- To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
- That with which something is laced.
- The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
- A beating as punishment; a hiding.
- Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
- The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
- The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LACING
- Shoe fastener
- Pre-skating chore
- Shoestrings
- Uniform braid.
- Driving (a ball) hard: Colloq.
- Braid trim
- Trouncing
- Adding kick to
- Ice skate part
- Pretty trim