How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
shellacked — 1. mod. beaten; outscored. □ They were shellacked, and they knew it. □ The team got shellacked in last week’s ame. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated; overcome by booze. □ Ernie was so shellacked he couldn’t see … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shellacked — adjective coated in shellac At Boy Bar, the bouncers, two tall, emaciated young men with shellacked hair under their bowler hats, were standing just inside the door to escape the cold … Wiktionary
shellacked — adj drunk. A term originating in the USA in the 1920s; shellack (its standard meaning being to apply varnish) first meant to beat or punish; this was then extended to denote the effects of alco hol … Contemporary slang
shellacked — shel·lac || ʃə læk n. lac that has been purified and processed into thin sheets or flakes; varnish made from processed lac dissolved in alcohol (also shellack) v. coat with varnish; rout, defeat soundly (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
shellacked — adjective varnish with shellac. → shellac … English new terms dictionary
shellacked — adj. defeated; beaten (often in a game or other contest) … English slang
shellac — 1. noun A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. Syn: E904, glazing agent 2. verb a) To coat something with shellac … Wiktionary
shellac — [ʃə lak] noun lac resin melted into thin flakes, used for making varnish. verb (shellacks, shellacking, shellacked) 1》 [often as adjective shellacked] varnish with shellac. 2》 N. Amer. informal defeat decisively. Origin C17: from … English new terms dictionary
shellac — I. noun Etymology: 1shell + lac Date: 1704 1. purified lac usually prepared in thin orange or yellow flakes by heating and filtering and often bleached white 2. a preparation of lac dissolved usually in alcohol and used chiefly as a wood filler… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Stearic acid — Stearic acid[1] … Wikipedia
