Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To coat with shellac.

    lackieren

    cover with shellac

  2. (US, informal, transitive)To beat; to thrash.

  3. (US, informal, transitive)To inflict a heavy defeat upon.

    побежда́тьpobeždátʹ

Translations

5 languages
Русский
to inflict a heavy defeat upon:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to coat with shellac:

Origin

From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”).

From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”).

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Forms

shellacs, shellacking, shellacked, shellacked
Base formshellac · to shellac
3rd person singularshellacs
Present participleshellacking
Past simpleshellacked
Past participleshellacked

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshellac
he, she, itshellacs

Past simpleLesson

all personsshellacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shellacked
he, she, ithas shellacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shellac

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunshellacked

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shekelshelfA1shellA2shellfishshelterB1shelve
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