pasting

🇺🇸 /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/
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noun
R

A situation where a team or person loses a game or competition by a large margin.

The team received a pasting during the match, losing by a score of 10 to 0.

R

An instance of being hit hard, usually as a form of punishment.

After breaking the window, the boy got a pasting from his father.

translation

n. A situation where a team or person loses a game or competition by a large margin.; An instance of being hit hard, usually as a form of punishment.

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Plural pastings