shellac
verb/ʃəˈlæk/, /ˈʃelæk/
/ʃəˈlæk/, /ˈʃelæk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shellac | /ʃəˈlæk/, /ˈʃelæk/ /ʃəˈlæk/, /ˈʃelæk/ |
| he / she / it shellacs | /ʃəˈlæks/, /ˈʃelæks/ /ʃəˈlæks/, /ˈʃelæks/ |
| past simple shellacked | /ʃəˈlækt/, /ˈʃelækt/ /ʃəˈlækt/, /ˈʃelækt/ |
| past participle shellacked | /ʃəˈlækt/, /ˈʃelækt/ /ʃəˈlækt/, /ˈʃelækt/ |
| -ing form shellacking | /ʃəˈlækɪŋ/, /ˈʃelækɪŋ/ /ʃəˈlækɪŋ/, /ˈʃelækɪŋ/ |
- shellac something to cover something with shellac
- [usually passive] shellac somebody (North American English, informal) to defeat somebody very easily
- The Republicans got shellacked in the elections.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from shell + lac, translating French laque en écailles ‘lac in thin plates’.
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