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noun

• a beating.

  We took a shellacking on the basketball court, boys, but there are six games ahead of us!

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

notes

• Shellacking is also the -ing form of shellack.

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 03 2013.

verb

• to pay.

  I had to shell out quite a bit for that ring.

  Last edited on Aug 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• an Adidas Superstar shoe. (The front resembles a shell.)

  I got a new pair of shell-toes.

  Last edited on Jul 31 2010. Submitted by Wilhelmina M. on Apr 18 2004.

• the unpopular or un-cool person in a group.

  Ted is the Shemp Kennedy when compared to JFK and RFK.

  Last edited on Sep 18 2007. Submitted by David S. from Princeton, NJ, USA on Sep 18 2007.

• trickery.

  Last edited on Apr 16 2009. Submitted by David R. on Apr 16 2009.

• misbehavior.

  Last edited on Apr 16 2009. Submitted by David R. on Apr 16 2009.

expression

• shepherd, get the flock out
  
  This is old military slang to advise to leave immediately. Shepherd, get the flock out of there, enemy armor spotted!
  
  Compare to runaway!
  
  Shepherd, get the flock out of that position!!!

  Last edited on Jan 27 2017. Submitted by Dr. P.D. Fisher on Jan 27 2017.

noun

• a female who dates more than one male at a time, has many boy toys. Compare with pimpette.

  Last edited on Oct 28 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 28 2015.

• a genius, usually used sarcastically to mean someone with an annoying grasp of the obvious.

  Person 1: Racists are assholes.
  
  Person 2: No shit, Sherlock.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on Aug 14 2013. Submitted by Melissa from Kansas City, MO, USA on Dec 06 2004.

noun

• disparaging term of address (from Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective): someone slow on the uptake, especially in realizing something obvious to everyone else, or at least to the speaker.

  Did you figure that out all by yourself, Sherlock?

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on Nov 18 2005. Submitted by Scott M. from Draper, UT, USA on Nov 18 2005.