licking

1. An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (synset 107490504)
   "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
   is a type of:

   • conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something
   • failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
   subtypes:

   • heartbreaker - a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
   • lurch - a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
   • rout - an overwhelming defeat
   • shutout, skunk - a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
   • debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping - a sound defeat
   • waterloo - a final crushing defeat
   • whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
   same as: defeat
2. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows (synset 101163216)
   is a type of: corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
   subtypes:

   • flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
   • flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
   same as: beating, drubbing, lacing, thrashing, trouncing, whacking

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