LICKING

• (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

  synonyms : beating , drubbing , lacing , thrashing , trouncing , whacking

• (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

  "it was a narrow defeat", "the army's only defeat", "they suffered a convincing licking"

  synonyms : defeat

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