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1. A sound defeat
   - thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, hammering [informal], débâcle, smackdown [N. Amer, informal], beatdown [N. Amer]

1. Join or attach with or as if with glue
   "cut and paste the sentence in the text"; "paste the sign on the wall";
   - glue
    
2. Cover the surface of
   "paste the wall with burlap"
    
3. [informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   - cream [informal], bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trounce
    
4. (computing) insert text or other object into a document (e.g. from the clipboard)
    
5. Hit with the fists
   "He pasted his opponent"

Derived forms: pastings

Type of: attach, beat, beat out, cover, crush, defeat, licking, shell, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Pasting