1. Cover with shellac
   "She wanted to shellack the desk to protect it from water spots";
   - shellac
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We shellacked the other team on Sunday!";
   - cream [informal], clobber [informal], drub [informal], thrash [informal], lick [informal], paste [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], shellac [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: shellacked, shellacking, shellacks

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, seal, shell [US], trounce, vanquish, varnish

Encyclopedia: Shellack