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31tongue-lashing — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim s mother gave him a tongue lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF ONE S MIND …
32tongue-lashing — n. 1) to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing 2) to get, receive a tongue lashing * * * receive a tongue lashing to get to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing …
33Rack lashing — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …
34tongue lashing — tongue lashings N COUNT If someone gives you a tongue lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. [INFORMAL] After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group …
35tongue-lashing — When you scold someone severely, you give them a tongue lashing. The teacher gave Jeremy a tongue lashing when arrived late for school …
36(a) tongue-lashing — informal if you give someone a tongue lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong. The manager gave his team a tongue lashing after they d lost the game …
37tongue-lashing — If you give someone a tongue lashing, you scold them …
38tongue-lashing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tongue lashing : singular tongue lashing plural tongue lashings informal an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong …
39tongue lashing — noun A verbal rebuke, often severe. The coach was so upset with his team after they lost that he gave them an hour long tongue lashing. Syn: castigation, scolding …
40tongue-lashing — index denunciation, diatribe, malediction, obloquy, phillipic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
