Synonyms of pasting

pasting 1 of 2

noun

as in hammering

Related Words

• hammering
• thrashing
• licking
• beating
• pounding
• pummeling
• drubbing
• battering
• clobbering
• whipping
• lambasting
• bludgeoning
• whip
• flogging
• cudgeling
• KO
• left
• knockdown
• right
• knockout
• bastinado
• body blow
• knee
• walloping
• cruncher
• swing
• clip
• sucker punch
• chop
• one-two
• kayo
• roundhouse
• counter
• blow
• rabbit punch
• swipe
• uppercut
• kick
• shiver
• box
• hook
• hack
• slug
• punch
• pound
• hand
• sidewinder
• stroke
• smack
• bash
• pelt
• cuff
• slap
• switch
• beat
• stripe
• knock
• belt
• bop
• whack
• bat
• hit
• buffet
• pick
• lick
• lash
• counterblow
• counterstroke
• poke
• rap
• thump
• sock
• biff
• thud
• clout
• swat
• right-hander
• welt
• crack
• bang
• wham
• dab
• fillip
• slam
• counterpunch
• smash
• bust
• clap
• plump
• stinger
• haymaker
• douse
• spank
• wallop
• larrup
• thwack
• whop

pasting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of paste

1

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• throwing
• burying
• trimming
• flattening
• overcoming
• routing
• bombing
• dusting
• upsetting
• mastering
• beating
• taking
• thrashing
• topping
• annihilating
• creaming
• skinning
• clobbering
• smothering
• blowing away
• trouncing
• smoking
• destroying
• waxing
• tromping
• sweeping
• scoring
• shellacking
• whopping
• drubbing
• capping
• conquering
• exceeding
• overwhelming
• succeeding
• surpassing
• dispatching
• licking
• walloping
• whomping
• beating the pants off
• running circles around
• crushing
• wiping the floor with
• eating alive
• whupping
• snowing under
• finishing
• subduing
• slaughtering
• subjugating
• skunking
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• besting
• surmounting
• vanquishing
• outdoing
• transcending
• overthrowing
• triumphing (over)
• excelling
• upending
• hurdling
• bettering
• outstripping
• outshining
• breaking
• knocking over
• eclipsing
• overpowering
• outdistancing
• knocking off
• edging (out)
• overmatching
• worsting
• overtopping
• flourishing
• overbearing
• acing (out)
• sinking
• nosing out
• pipping
• doing in
• outfighting

2

as in slapping

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slapping
• punching
• hitting
• knocking
• smacking
• slamming
• clipping
• banging
• pounding
• clapping
• whacking
• swiping
• striking
• cracking
• batting
• bashing
• nailing
• hammering
• kicking
• licking
• tagging
• chopping
• tapping
• shoving
• poking
• clobbering
• flicking
• pushing
• boxing
• thumping
• zapping
• jabbing
• slugging
• swatting
• bopping
• clocking
• bobbing
• rapping
• socking
• bludgeoning
• belting
• clouting
• thwacking
• smiting
• bumping
• stabbing
• slogging
• busting
• stroking
• walloping
• biffing
• bonking
• mangling
• whaling
• beating
• slashing
• mauling
• battering
• butting
• roughing
• hanging one on
• lambasting
• stamping
• lashing
• pummeling
• peppering
• dumping
• bunging
• cuffing
• whipping
• pelting
• drubbing
• scuffing
• buffeting
• prodding
• jostling
• bunting
• creaming
• kneeing
• switching
• decking
• lacing
• sapping
• bowling (down or over)
• flailing
• thrashing
• pommeling
• clubbing
• spearing
• knocking down
• leveling
• felling
• cudgeling
• flogging
• sledging
• braining
• caning
• flooring
• sledgehammering
• skulling
• conking
• rabbit-punching
• sucker punching
• beaning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pasting

Noun

So, Michigan State closed out the afternoon session with a 92-67 pasting of North Dakota State, skipping up the exit ramp to their locker room – first door on the left – just as the Wolverines exited next door to stretch in a small holding area. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026

To be clear, do yourself a favor and don’t ruin your March by copying a pasting a Golden bracket. — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026

Verb

For many adults, the beauty book triggered memories of a pre-social-media childhood spent cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them into notebooks. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

All medical specialties have rules for filling out their notes, and ABA providers shouldn’t need the state to tell them that copying and pasting the same summary for each session, as the inspectors found in some cases, wasn’t good enough, Bimestefer said. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026