| NOUN | event | licking, defeat | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
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| act | licking, beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Sounds | lih'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest. | |
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| Example | "they suffered a convincing licking" | |
| Synonym | defeat | |
| Narrower | heartbreaker | A narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute |
| lurch | A decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage) | |
| rout | An overwhelming defeat | |
| shutout, skunk | A defeat in a game / game / game where one side fails to score | |
| thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping | A sound defeat | |
| waterloo | A final / final crushing defeat | |
| whitewash | A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
| failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | |
| Opposite | victory, triumph | A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest |
| Spanish | derrota | |
| Catalan | derrota, desfeta | |
| Meaning | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. | |
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| Synonyms | beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking | |
| Narrower | flagellation | Beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation |
| whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation | Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | |
| Broader | corporal punishment | The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime |
| Spanish | paliza, somanta, tunda, tute, vapuleo | |
| Catalan | atupada, estomacada, pallissa, tonyina | |
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