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

Last season, the illusion of parity vanished when the Liberty put a 48-point pasting on the rebuilding Sun. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

The first of those three was a 112-88 pasting of the 76ers in the 2023 East semis, during which Tatum went off for 51 points while Embiid shot 5-for-18. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026

Verb

But the instructions on the sites are really designed to trick visitors into copying and pasting a command into the Terminal utility, and then running it, leading to a malware infection. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026

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