licking

Noun

• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  • it was a narrow defeat
    
  • the army's only defeat
    
  • they suffered a convincing licking
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  beating , thrashing , drubbing , lacing , trouncing , whacking , defeat
• Antonyms: 
  victory , triumph