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Shellacking

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of coating with shellac. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts. US, countable, informal, uncountable

    "The News baseball team defeated the Press-Guardian outfit, 8 to 4, in a recent game, which squares accounts for the shellacking the News received a year ago."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shellac form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shellac + -ing.

Etymology 2

From shellac + -ing. Shellac is used in floor polish; compare polishing, as in "the other boxer in the match polished the floor with me; I took quite a polishing".

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