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lambaste |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lambaste \Lam*baste"\, v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. [Low] --Nares. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lambaste v 1: beat with a cane [syn: {cane}, {flog}, {lambast}] 2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambast}]
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