1 [sing.] (especially BrE) a heavy defeat in a game or competition:
The team took a real pasting in Saturday's game.
2 [sing.] (especially BrE) an instance of being hit very hard as a punishment for sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is pasting a noun, verb, or something else?
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