tongue-lash

[ tuhng-lash ]
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to scold severely.

Origin of tongue-lash

1
First recorded in 1880–85

Other words from tongue-lash

  • tongue-lashing, noun

Words Nearby tongue-lash

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How to use tongue-lash in a sentence

  • Yet bravely he strove again to give tongue-lash for tongue-lash—by reaching out one palsied hand toward his weapon.

British Dictionary definitions for tongue-lash

tongue-lash

verb
  1. (tr) to reprimand severely; scold

Derived forms of tongue-lash

  • tongue-lashing, noun, adjective

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