| beat | (v) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict, Syn. shell, vanquish, trounce, beat out, crush |
| beating | (n) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows, Syn. licking, thrashing, whacking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing |
| call on the carpet | (v) censure severely or angrily, Syn. rebuke, rag, lambaste, dress down, call down, take to task, scold, chew out, remonstrate, chide, berate, lambast, lecture, trounce, jaw, reproof, bawl out, chew up, have words, reprimand |
| flog | (v) beat severely with a whip or rod, Syn. trounce, slash, lash, strap, lather, welt, whip |
| thrashing | (n) a sound defeat, Syn. slaughter, debacle, whipping, drubbing, trouncing, walloping |
