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Meaning of "shellacking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELLACKING

shellacking  [ʃəˈlækɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELLACKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shellacking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHELLACKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shellacking in the English dictionary

The definition of shellacking in the dictionary is a complete defeat; a sound beating.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHELLACKING


attacking
əˈtækɪŋ
backing
ˈbækɪŋ
backpacking
ˈbækpækɪŋ
barebacking
ˈbeəbækɪŋ
blacking
ˈblækɪŋ
cracking
ˈkrækɪŋ
fast-tracking
ˈfɑːstˌtrækɪŋ
fracking
ˈfrækɪŋ
hacking
ˈhækɪŋ
hijacking
ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ
meatpacking
ˈmiːtpækɪŋ
packing
ˈpækɪŋ
racking
ˈrækɪŋ
sacking
ˈsækɪŋ
smacking
ˈsmækɪŋ
stacking
ˈstækɪŋ
tacking
ˈtækɪŋ
tracking
ˈtrækɪŋ
unpacking
ʌnˈpækɪŋ
whacking
ˈwækɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELLACKING

shell star
shell suit
shell-less
shell-like
shell-shocked
shellac
shellac varnish
shellack
shellacked
shellacker
shellback
shellbark
shellbound
shellcracker
shelldrake
shellduck
shelled
sheller
Shelley
shellfire

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELLACKING

banking
blocking
checking
clicking
docking
fucking
kicking
knocking
lacking
licking
locking
mocking
overclocking
picking
rocking
shocking
stocking
sucking
trafficking
trucking
wrecking

Synonyms and antonyms of shellacking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shellacking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELLACKING

Find out the translation of shellacking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shellacking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shellacking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

输掉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shellacking
570 millions of speakers

English

shellacking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shellacking
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطلاء بدهان الخشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shellacking
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shellacking
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shellacking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shellacking
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengadukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shellacking
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

完敗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shellacking
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shellacking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shellacking
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shellacking
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेलॅकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shellacking
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shellacking
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shellacking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shellacking
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shellacking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shellacking
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shellacking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shellacking
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shellacking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shellacking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELLACKING»

The term «shellacking» is regularly used and occupies the 99.133 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELLACKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shellacking» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shellacking» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shellacking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELLACKING»

Discover the use of shellacking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shellacking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Old-House Journal
A. GOOD. SHELLACKING. This. Most. Traditional. Clear. Finish. is. Often. the. Most. Practical. grade the wood underneath, causing the bond to fail.) Nonetheless,. KNOW-HOW BY JOSH GARSKOF Shellac is still handmade in India. TOP: A ...
2
The Fly in My Eye: Musings of Mind and Spirit
An. Old. Fashioned. Shellacking. Shaking things up The gift from me to you it's what's been granted To show us what to do Though we are but fairly lost We have brothers who hold us fast Connected as one, we are A bond to eternally last So ...
J. Michaels, 2010
3
Paint Technology and Tests
Cypress Panels Shellacking Panels. The shellacking of any bad places of minor nature which may have been present on the surfaces of some of the panels, was done with the highest grade orange shellac. It was thought advisable to ...
Henry A. Gardner
4
More Than Meets the Eye: Encountering God Where We Least ...
Quit. Shellacking. The. Cocoons. Recently I was walking past observation windows of insect specimens in a large walk-through terrarium at a city zoo. Part of the exhibit featured a climate-controlled caged area that recreated a rain forest.
Dennis E. Hensley, 2004
5
The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
1. The. Shellacking. President Obama sat hunched over in the second-floor Treaty Room of the White House. It was Election Night 2010, and he was doing his best to offer some solace in a time of loss. The president spent that night and most ...
Jonathan Alter, 2014
6
The Cyberiad
... sandpaper, some Carborundum, a brace and bit, white paint and one No. 5 screw, all of which the machine handed over on the spot. That evening he covered his work with a sheet of 21. A. 0001). SHELLACKING. A GOOD SHELLACKING.
Stanislaw Lem, 2002
7
Wonderful Ways with Washi: Seventeen Delightful Projects to ...
Seventeen Delightful Projects to Make with Japanese Handmade Paper Robertta A. Uhl. Shellacking Washi Covered Eggs 31 the pin was. If necessary, brush somc shellac. on. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS • 6 Washi covered eggs • Plastic ...
Robertta A. Uhl, 2002
8
The Writer Who Stayed
But I was puzzled to see shellacking on the list of new arrivals, prompted by President Obama's comment that he took “a shellacking” in the 2010 midterm elections. As a synonym for defeat, shellacking has long been a sportswriters' darling, ...
William Zinsser
9
Technical Bulletin
... industry 466 247-252 Nygmia phaeorrhoea. See Brown-tail moth. Nysius calif ornicus, feeding on cotton, study 296 5-11 Oak(s)— black, callus formation, relation to season of wounding and shellacking 246 3-27 chestnut — callus formation, ...
‎1937
10
How to buy a paint job for your car--without taking a ...
shellacking. by Robert Lund DETROIT AUTO EDITOR Spray gun of the external- mix type can be rented to. If your old car looks beat up and you've got the fever to buy a '76 or a late-model used car, you can cool the fever fast by checking out ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELLACKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shellacking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Drug War Takes A Shellacking As Congress Okays Several Canna …
The drug war took a one of its biggest shellackings in history this week as the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted to cement the federal ... «East Bay Express, Jun 15»
2
Robbie Deans shellshocked after record Barbarians shellacking
Robbie Deans went from cursing Danny Cipriani during the match to praising him strongly as the former Wallabies boss reflected on leading the Barbarians to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
3
Angie's List CEO Quits Company to Fix 'Shellacking' Indiana's …
Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle is stepping down from the post he's held for 20 years to turn his attention to state politics, the company announce Wednesday. «TheWrap, Apr 15»
4
KMT's 'shellacking' is worse than expected
What they got yesterday was a true "shellacking." The party lost all the seats they were expected to lose plus a lot more, including some cities and counties that ... «China Post, Nov 14»
5
Obama after his first shellacking
The White House press corps so wanted President Obama to wax contrite, even conscience-stricken, after Tuesday's Republican election thumping. «New York Daily News, Nov 14»
6
Fournier: Obama Denying Shellacking Was "Beneath The Office"
The president in particular, I thought his news conference yesterday was beneath the office in a sense of pretending that this wasn't a shellacking and just giving ... «RealClearPolitics, Nov 14»
7
Shellacking, the Sequel
For Democrats, the miserable 2014 election resembled one of those horror-movie sequels where the plucky survivor inexplicably finds herself back in the ... «National Journal, Nov 14»
8
How Unexpected Was Cleveland's Shellacking Of Cincinnati?
Quarterback Brian Hoyer of the Cleveland Browns calls a play at the line of scrimmage during the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday in ... «FiveThirtyEight, Nov 14»
9
Dana Milbank: Obama seems numb to this latest 'shellacking' of …
Though he had called Democrats' 2010 losses a “shellacking,” he declined even to label Tuesday's results. Obama declared that he would continue with plans ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»
10
Obama Refuses to Anoint a New 'Shellacking' for 2014
The morning after the 2010 midterm elections, President Barack Obama admitted that the Democrats had just undergone a “shellacking” at the hands of ... «Mediaite, Nov 14»

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