The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WALLOPING , 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WALLOPING | 33 % | 9 |
| LOSS | 33 % | 4 |
| LACING | 33 % | 6 |
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
WALLOPING verb- To rush hastily.
- To flounder, wallow.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- To wrap up temporarily.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- To be slatternly.
- To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
- A series of wallops (blows.)
- Verbal abuse.
- Whopping, large in size
- Of exceptional, impressive quality
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LOSS
- Balance sheet minus
- Misplacement
- Setback
- Fullback's setback
- Sports-page stat
- Forfeiture
- Negative yardage, in football
- Profit's counterpart
- _____ leader
- Bad investment outcome