verhauen — meaning in English

English meaning

• trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.
• trounce verb To hit someone hard and repeatedly.
• whale noun A very large sea mammal, related to dolphins, that breathes air through a blowhole.

Senses

verhauen is used for these senses in English:

• bash up (transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.
• trash (US) To beat soundly in a game.
• trounce (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
• whale (slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
• whale on (slang) To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.

trash — full definition

1. noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.
2. noun Something considered worthless or of very poor quality.
3. verb To throw something away.
4. verb To damage or wreck something badly.
5. verb To criticize someone or something harshly.

trounce — full definition

1. verb To hit someone hard and repeatedly.
2. verb To defeat someone completely, especially by a large score in a game or contest.
3. verb To punish someone, whether by hitting them or by scolding them harshly.
4. verb (law) To take legal action against someone in order to punish them.

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