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| NOUN | 1 | licking, defeat | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest |
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| 2 | 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, abiding, abounding, and 2057 more rhymes in ihng... |
| Meaning | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest. |
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| Examples | "they suffered a convincing licking" |
| Synonyms | defeat |
| Contrary | victory, triumph |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish; failure |
| Narrower | rout; lurch; shutout, skunk; thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping; waterloo; whitewash |
| Meaning | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. |
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| Synonyms | beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking |
| Broader | corporal punishment |
| Narrower | whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation |
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