shellacking
a complete defeat or beating
TRANSLATION
shellacking = eine komplette Niederlage --- GOOGLE INDEX shellacking: approximately 4,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
After taking a SHELLACKING in front of a stunned Las Vegas crowd inside of the MGM Grand, De La Hoya chose to remain on his stool after eight one-sided rounds and months later he would officially announce his retirement from the sport.
(The Examiner)
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China property stocks have taken a real SHELLACKING in recent months.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
(The Examiner)
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China property stocks have taken a real SHELLACKING in recent months.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
Did you
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shellacking
noun
- a complete defeat or beating
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Shellacking is from "shellac" (shell + lac or lacquer)), which is a thin varnish made by dissolving this substance in denatured alcohol. It is used to coat and protect wood. Lacquer comes from the French "lacre", the name for a kind of sealing wax.
The slang sense of to "beat soundly" is from the 1920s and likely comes from the notion of shellac as a "finish." Shellac(k) is also an outdated term for an old phonograph record containing this substance, typically played at 78 rpm.
Although the word shellacking has been used for decades in the sense of a defeat, its popularity sky rocketed after U.S. President Barack Obama said the Democratic Party suffered a shellacking during the mid-term elections. Generations of young people who may have never heard the word - or just didn't pay much attention to it - can now thank the president for enhancing their vocabulary.
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SYNONYMS
defeat, drubbing, killing, licking, rout, thrashing, whipping
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"That was quite a shellacking we took at the darts tournament last night."
noun
- a complete defeat or beating
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Shellacking is from "shellac" (shell + lac or lacquer)), which is a thin varnish made by dissolving this substance in denatured alcohol. It is used to coat and protect wood. Lacquer comes from the French "lacre", the name for a kind of sealing wax.
The slang sense of to "beat soundly" is from the 1920s and likely comes from the notion of shellac as a "finish." Shellac(k) is also an outdated term for an old phonograph record containing this substance, typically played at 78 rpm.
Although the word shellacking has been used for decades in the sense of a defeat, its popularity sky rocketed after U.S. President Barack Obama said the Democratic Party suffered a shellacking during the mid-term elections. Generations of young people who may have never heard the word - or just didn't pay much attention to it - can now thank the president for enhancing their vocabulary.
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SYNONYMS
defeat, drubbing, killing, licking, rout, thrashing, whipping
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"That was quite a shellacking we took at the darts tournament last night."
