What is "shellacking"

n. (context informal US English) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts. vb. (present participle of shellac English)

1. n. lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

2. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood [syn: shellac varnish]

3. v. cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

4. [also: shellacking, shellacked]

See shellac