- 1shellac something to cover something with shellac
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- 2[usually passive] shellac somebody (informal) to defeat someone very easily The Republicans got shellacked in the election.
shellac
verbNAmE//ʃəˈlæk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shellac ,
he / she / it shellacs ,
past simple shellacked ,
-ing form shellacking ,
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