Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shellac
Participle: shellacked
Gerund: shellacking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shellac |
| you | shellac |
| he;she;it | shellacs |
| we | shellac |
| you | shellac |
| they | shellac |
Perfect
| I | have shellacked |
| you | have shellacked |
| he;she;it | has shellacked |
| we | have shellacked |
| you | have shellacked |
| they | have shellacked |
Past
| I | shellacked |
| you | shellacked |
| he;she;it | shellacked |
| we | shellacked |
| you | shellacked |
| they | shellacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had shellacked |
| you | had shellacked |
| he;she;it | had shellacked |
| we | had shellacked |
| you | had shellacked |
| they | had shellacked |
Future
| I | will shellac |
| you | will shellac |
| he;she;it | will shellac |
| we | will shellac |
| you | will shellac |
| they | will shellac |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shellacked |
| you | will have shellacked |
| he;she;it | will have shellacked |
| we | will have shellacked |
| you | will have shellacked |
| they | will have shellacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shellac |
| you | shellac |
| he;she;it | shellac |
| we | shellac |
| you | shellac |
| they | shellac |
Perfect
| I | have shellacked |
| you | have shellacked |
| he;she;it | have shellacked |
| we | have shellacked |
| you | have shellacked |
| they | have shellacked |
Imperfect
| I | shellacked |
| you | shellacked |
| he;she;it | shellacked |
| we | shellacked |
| you | shellacked |
| they | shellacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had shellacked |
| you | had shellacked |
| he;she;it | had shellacked |
| we | had shellacked |
| you | had shellacked |
| they | had shellacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shellac |
| you | would shellac |
| he;she;it | would shellac |
| we | would shellac |
| you | would shellac |
| they | would shellac |
Perfect
| I | would have shellacked |
| you | would have shellacked |
| he;she;it | would have shellacked |
| we | would have shellacked |
| you | would have shellacked |
| they | would have shellacked |
Imperative
| you | shellac |
| we | Let's shellac |
| you | shellac |
Verbs conjugated like 'shellac'
bivouac,
critic,
fabric,
frolic,
havoc,
limbec,
mimic,
physic,
picnic,
prognostic,
rollic,
rubric,
traffic,
zinc,
Verbs similar to 'shellac'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From shell + lac, calque of French laque en écailles (literally “lac in scales/shells”).
Sample Sentences
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In 1964 Goldwater ran rambunctiously, flat-out against government. He got shellacked. [1987, George F. Will, The New Season: A Spectator's Guide to the 1988 Election, Simon and Schuster, page 21:]
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In another the Mets were shellacked, 9-1, with a stray ninth-inning home run by Strawberry after two outs, preventing a shutout. [1987, Tim McCarver, Ray Robinson, Oh, Baby, I Love It!, Villard Books, page 220:]
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[Former Arizona GOP Senator Jeff Flake] warns Republicans could be on track for a shellacking in the midterms[.] [2026 June 18, Claudia Grisales, “They're leaving Congress with nothing to lose, spelling potential trouble for Trump”, in National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio:]