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shel·lack·ing Pronunciation Key - [shuh-lak-ing]
–noun Slang. 1. an utter defeat: a shellacking their team will remember.
2. a sound thrashing: His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book.
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[Origin: 1880–85; shellac + -ing]
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