shellacked



shellacked

1. mod. beaten; outscored. They were shellacked, and they knew it.
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated; overcome by booze. Ernie was so shellacked he couldn’t see.
See also: shellac

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Manlius-Ancient Roman
OzzyAHZ-eeEnglish
Joachimzho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
StephaniSTEF-ə-neeEnglish (Modern)
Lysandros-Ancient Greek
Zita (1)DZEE-tah (Italian)Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak