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tongue lashing

tongue lashing noun: a verbal rebuke, often severe.

Noun

tongue lashing (plural tongue lashings)

  1. 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.

Synonyms of tongue lashing

Forms of tongue lashing

pluraltongue lashings
alternative formtongue-lashing

Questions about tongue lashing

What does tongue lashing mean?
Tongue lashing means a verbal rebuke, often severe.
What part of speech is tongue lashing?
Tongue lashing is a noun.
What is the plural of tongue lashing?
The plural of tongue lashing is tongue lashings.

Words near tongue lashing in the dictionary

  1. tongue jobs
  2. tongue kiss
  3. tongue kissed
  4. tongue kisses
  5. tongue kissing
  6. tongue lashing
  7. tongue lashings
  8. tongue long enough to cut one's own throat
  9. tongue long enough to cut one's throat
  10. tongue map
  11. tongue maps

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