licking

noun

the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
何回もたたいて体罰を与える行為
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
争い、またはか競争の不成功の結末
- it was a narrow defeat
  それはきわどい敗北だった
- the army's only defeat
  軍隊の唯一の敗北
- they suffered a convincing licking
  彼らは完全にやっつけられた

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