pasting

noun

past·​ing ˈpā-stiŋ 

plural pastings

1

: a severe beating

But after a nasty confrontation, Phil … discovers the truth—that his son got the bruises when boys at school gave him a pasting.

—Daily Star

(figurative) Those who today complain about the "unprecedented" attack on religious conservatives forget Mencken's treatment of Southern fundamentalists, and then there were his pastings of Rotarians, professors and FDR.

—Dave Shiflett

2

: a dominating defeat of an opponent

… have won seven of nine since then, including a 12-1 pasting of the Colorado Rockies on Friday night at Coors Field.

—George Willis

… rushed for six touchdowns in Colorado's 62-36 pasting of second-ranked Nebraska.

—Austin Murphy

Examples of pasting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s also smart pasting in Microsoft Word, where users who paste content in will get a series of prompts about improving it. —John Werner, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Manning, who replaced Ewers in the second quarter of a 56-7 pasting of the Roadrunners in Week 3 and proceeded to throw four touchdown passes on 12 attempts, threw a pair of TDs and interceptions in his first start against Louisiana-Monroe. —Tom Layberger, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Will Howard, Ohio State The Kansas State transfer threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns without a turnover in Ohio State’s 52-6 pasting of Akron. —Tom Layberger, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2024

Freak results against teams of a lower standard can happen and Wolves are clearly no mugs-having handed Chelsea a 2-4 pasting at Stamford Bridge a few weeks back-but what will concern Postecoglou is how Gary O’Neill’s side seemed to have figured out a way to probe Spurs vulnerabilities. —Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1