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shellacked — 1. mod. beaten; outscored. □ They were shellacked, and they knew it. □ The team got shellacked in last week’s ame. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated; overcome by booze. □ Ernie was so shellacked he couldn’t see … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shellacked — mainly American very drunk Literally, covered with shellac, a varnish which is stoved to give a glazed appearance. To be shellacked may also mean to be utterly defeated (WCND) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
shellacked — adj drunk. A term originating in the USA in the 1920s; shellack (its standard meaning being to apply varnish) first meant to beat or punish; this was then extended to denote the effects of alco hol … Contemporary slang
shellacked — shel·lac || ʃə læk n. lac that has been purified and processed into thin sheets or flakes; varnish made from processed lac dissolved in alcohol (also shellack) v. coat with varnish; rout, defeat soundly (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
shellacked — adjective varnish with shellac. → shellac … English new terms dictionary
shellacked — adj. defeated; beaten (often in a game or other contest) … English slang
shellac — 1. noun A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. Syn: E904, glazing agent 2. verb a) To coat something with shellac … Wiktionary
shellac — [ʃə lak] noun lac resin melted into thin flakes, used for making varnish. verb (shellacks, shellacking, shellacked) 1》 [often as adjective shellacked] varnish with shellac. 2》 N. Amer. informal defeat decisively. Origin C17: from … English new terms dictionary
shellac — I. noun Etymology: 1shell + lac Date: 1704 1. purified lac usually prepared in thin orange or yellow flakes by heating and filtering and often bleached white 2. a preparation of lac dissolved usually in alcohol and used chiefly as a wood filler… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Stearic acid — Stearic acid[1] … Wikipedia
