to shellack
3
8.5
- verb
- /ʃəˈlæk/
- Informal
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- And did Carter get shellacked!
- get shellacked
Examples
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The best thing will be when they get "shellacked" in November, making the 2010 election look like child's play.
Blog text (5) -
So half the big tech got shellacked, the other half did pretty good.
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So half the big tech got shellacked, the other half did pretty good.
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Last night the Republicans got shellacked, and they had no idea it was coming.
Blog text (12) -
In Pennsylvania, the religious right's favorite senator, Rick Santorum, didn't just lose; he was shellacked.
Academic text (2007) -
It is concerning how we seem to get shellacked by the Cards, but look at the two series against the Phils the last couple of weeks.
Blog text (7) -
And unless they are going to secede, they are going to have to pop the factual bubble they have been so happy living inside if they do not want to get shellacked again, and that will be a painful process for them, but it will be good for the whole country, left, right, and center.
Blog text (12) -
Lehrer didn't shut Romney down at the point in time (many points in time) when he was shellacking Obama.
Blog text (20) -
NEA spent money on safe incumbents, so its overall record for 2010 won't seem so bad, but in the candidate races all across the country where the union was heavily involved, particularly in the U.S. House of Representatives, it got shellacked.
Blog text (6) -
The team was completely shellacked in the championship game, losing by 30 points.
Synonyms
109
7.2
Beat someone or something completely in a conflict
33
8.6
To beat someone easily in a game or fight
32
4.2
To beat someone easily in a game or contest
14
7.5
To beat an opponent by a large amount in a game or contest
8
3.7
Defeat an opponent completely and easily
8
8.8
To beat someone in a game so they score no points
8
7.7
To beat someone completely in a game or fight
6
4.5
Beat someone completely in a game or contest
1
8.8
To beat someone easily and completely
1
9.9
To kill or seriously hurt someone quickly
1
6.7
To beat someone very easily and completely in a game or contest
1
8.8
To beat someone badly in a game or fight
Defeat an opponent easily in a game or contest
To beat someone easily in a game or contest
To beat someone by a large amount in a game
To beat someone badly in a game
Antonyms
How Beaten
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shellack in the sense 'to beat badly' uses a strong image: imagine covering someone with a thick coat of shellac so they are completely smothered. So to shellack an opponent is to defeat them by a lot.