Definitions for shellacking

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shellacking shel·lack·ing

Spelling: [shuh-lak-ing]

IPA: /ʃəˈlæk ɪŋ/

Shellacking is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 939 anagrams from letters in shellacking (aceghikllns).

Definitions for shellacking

noun

1. an utter defeat:
2. a sound thrashing:
3. lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
4. a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent.
5. a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, especially one to be played at 78 r.p.m.:

verb (used with object)

1. to coat or treat with shellac.
2. Slang. to defeat; trounce. to thrash soundly.

Origin of shellacking

First recorded in 1880-85; shellac + -ing¹

Examples for shellacking

Many politicians who had taken a shellacking would retreat to their home base and start rebuilding a career.

After 2010 shellacking, ‪Democrats belatedly embrace super PACs.

On no account finally connect up the battery to a circuit when shellacking the wire.

For Paul, the shellacking is even worse, with Clinton beating him by 11 points overall and by 28 points with the kids.

Yes, the Democrats had been hit by a “shellacking,” he allowed, but “this is a growth process” and he had to keep working on it.

How could President Obama make the most of what he himself dubbed a “shellacking”?

shellacking of covers has been advocated by some librarians, but it is doubtful if it pays.

By repeated oiling and shellacking one produces a French polish that is very durable and elastic.

But that means he will have to outmaneuver a president determined to avenge the shellacking that handed Boehner the gavel.

In 2010, when Democrats lost the House, Obama called it a “shellacking.”