Definition of Pasting

1. Noun. (slang US sports) defeat, beating ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of paste) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pasting

1. paste [v] - See also: paste

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasting

pastilla
pastillas
pastillation
pastillator
pastillators
pastille
pastilles
pastils
pastily
pastimes
pastina
pastinas
pastiness
pastinesses
pasting (current term)
pastings
pastirma
pastis
pastises
pastizzi
pastless
pastmaster
pastness
pastnesses
pastophori

Literary usage of Pasting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"pasting CORES. 19. By pasting is meant the taking of both halves, as «, Fig. ... The material generally used for pasting is wheat flour wet with water or ..."

2. Annual Report by Michigan Board of State Auditors (1898)
"$78.60; pasting two plates in same, 1048, 53c: cancellation on pages 142 to 337, 53c; ... $50.18. pasting two diagrams and one sheet, 84c; paste. ..."

3. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders by Douglas Cockerell (1901)
"117, A), the waste sheets are torn off, the joints cleared of any glue or paste, and the boards flattened, as described at page 171 for pasting down leather ..."

4. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateur Bookbinders by Douglas Cockerell (1901)
"CHAPTER XVII pasting down End Papers—Opening Books pasting DOWN END PAPERS pasting WHEN the finishing is done, the end down End papers should be pasted down ..."

5. The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1890)
"... I speak about pasting, a few hints or remarks on the proper way will not be out of place here. Always draw the brush well over the paper and away from ..."

6. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"... paper to overlap, then pasting, and lastly smoking it. By this means a tracing about twenty inches in length can be obtained. ..."

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