pasting

a pasting

1. A thorough, resounding defeat. We hadn't been practicing during the off-season at all, so we got quite a pasting in our first game. Look, no one is expecting you to win the match. Just don't let him give you a pasting, all right? We sure took a pasting tonight—12–1.
2. An intense physical beating. The bouncer hauled the drunkard out of the bar and gave him a pasting in the back alley. You'd better shut your mouth if you don't want a pasting! My younger brother was always a shy, skinny kid who often got a pasting from schoolyard bullies.
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pasting

n. a beating; a defeat in a game. (see also paste.) Our team took quite a pasting last weekend.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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