n. 25B6; noun (informal)
Arsenal took a licking : DEFEAT, beating, trouncing, thrashing; informal hiding, pasting, hammering, drubbing; N. Amer. informal shellacking.
Ray got the worst licking of his life : THRASHING, beating, flogging, whipping; informal walloping, hiding, pasting, lathering; N. Amer. informal whaling.