| v. dust·ed, dust·ing, dusts
v. tr.
To remove dust from by wiping, brushing, or beating: dust the furniture.
To sprinkle with a powdery substance: dusted the cookies with sugar; dust crops with fertilizer.
To apply or strew in fine particles: dusted talcum powder on my feet.
Baseball. To deliver a pitch so close to (the batter) as to make the batter back away.
v. intr.
To clean by removing dust.
To cover itself with such particulate matter. Used of a bird.
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2. a beating; defeat: He gave his opponent a good dusting.
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