1. A sound defeat
   "The underdog team received a pasting in the championship game";
   - thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing [informal], slaughter, trouncing, whipping, hammering [informal], débâcle, beatdown [N. Amer], smackdown [N. Amer, informal], licking [informal]

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
   "We pasted the other team on Sunday!";
   - cream [informal], clobber [informal], drub [informal], thrash [informal], lick [informal], blow away [informal], muller [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], wipe the floor [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], beat hollow [informal], slaughter [informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], shellack [N. Amer, informal], shellac [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. (computing) insert text or other object into a document (e.g. from the clipboard)
   "He copied the address and pasted it into the email"
    
5. Hit with the fists
   "He pasted his opponent"

Derived forms: pastings

Type of: attach, beat, beat out, cover, crush, defeat, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Pasting