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bunbon [bun.bun.] : sand (n.); trounce (v.)
Synonyms: balas

Derivatives of bunbon


Glosses:
sand
n. (substance)1. sanda loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
~ beachan area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
~ quicksanda pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down.
~ sand bar, sandbara bar of sand.
~ spit, tonguea narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
~ atomic number 14, si, silicona tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors.
~ concretea strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.
~ dirt, soilthe part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock.
n. (person)2. amandine aurore lucie dupin, baroness dudevant, george sand, sandFrench writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876).
~ author, writerwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
n. (attribute)3. backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sandfortitude and determination.; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
~ fortitudestrength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
~ colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
v. (contact)4. sand, sandpaperrub with sandpaper.; "sandpaper the wooden surface"
~ smooth, smoothenmake smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood"
~ rough-sandsand roughly.; "rough-sand the door before painting it"
trounce
v. (contact)1. flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whipbeat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
~ beat up, work over, beatgive a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
~ flagellate, scourgewhip.; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
~ leatherwhip with a leather strap.
~ horsewhipwhip with a whip intended for horses.
~ switchflog with or as if with a flexible rod.
~ cowhideflog with a cowhide.
~ catbeat with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
~ birchwhip with a birch twig.
v. (competition)2. beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquishcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
~ winbe the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious.; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
~ outscore, outpointscore more points than one's opponents.
~ walk overbeat easily.; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship"
~ eliminateremove from a contest or race.; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
~ worst, mop up, whip, pip, rack updefeat thoroughly.; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
~ whompbeat overwhelmingly.
~ get the best, have the best, overcomeovercome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome.; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
~ spreadeagle, rout, spread-eagledefeat disastrously.
~ get the jumpbe there first.; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors"
~ chicane, chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screwdefeat someone through trickery or deceit.
~ outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach, beatbeat through cleverness and wit.; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
~ outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmountbe or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
~ defeat, get the better of, overcomewin a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
~ surmount, master, overcome, get over, subdueget on top of; deal with successfully.; "He overcame his shyness"
~ best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trumpget the better of.; "the goal was to best the competition"
~ outfightto fight better than; get the better of.; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"
~ overmaster, overpower, overwhelmovercome by superior force.
~ checkmate, mateplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
~ immobilise, immobilizemake defenseless.
~ outplayexcel or defeat in a game.; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers"
~ drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrashbeat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
v. (communication)3. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trouncecensure severely or angrily.; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
~ castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correctcensure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
~ brush down, tell offreprimand.; "She told the misbehaving student off"
~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knockfind fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"