cleaning: Meaning and Definition of

clean•ing

Pronunciation: (klē'ning), [key]
— n.
  1. an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
  2. an overwhelming or complete defeat, financial loss, or failure: Our team took a cleaning in yesterday's game.
  3. killing (def. 3).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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