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pasting noun [ ˈpeɪstɪŋ ]

• a severe beating or defeat.
• "another pasting for England's bowlers"

paste verb

• coat with paste.
• "when coating walls with fabric, paste the wall, not the fabric"
• beat or defeat severely.
• "he pasted the guy and tied his ankles together"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.


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