lambaste

or lam·bast

[ lam-beyst, -bast ]
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verb (used with object),lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing.
  1. to beat or whip severely.

  2. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate.

Origin of lambaste

1
First recorded in 1630–40; apparently lam1 + baste3

Words Nearby lambaste

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How to use lambaste in a sentence

  • Indisputably Obama, I think, though of course, he will go on the stump and lambaste Republicans for holding out on tax cuts.

    Who Wins a Fiscal Cliff Showdown? | Megan McArdle | October 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He predicted, correctly, that The New York Times would jump all over the ad and lambaste McCain.

    The Newsweek Campaign Piece | The Daily Beast | November 10, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He aint gonna lambaste half our crew an the ole man, an git away wid it!

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • Jake, who's been itching to lambaste the man, says 's-far's he can see, it was the poolroom man who did all the talking.

    Green Valley | Katharine Reynolds
  • I want to go out and help lambaste those infernally cocksure armies of that jelly-and-cream King.

    Makers of Madness | Hermann Hagedorn
  • An' then, whoop they come over to England, an' they lambaste the Anglo-Saxons, an' talk to 'em about 'honneur.'

  • They lambaste impartially and with a certain Irish delight in doing the job thoroughly.

    The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White