'Lambaste' definitions:

Definition of 'lambaste'

From: WordNet
verb
Beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
verb
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

Definition of 'Lambaste'

From: GCIDE
  • Lambaste \Lam*baste"\, v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [Low] --Nares.
  • Syn: cane, flog, lambaste. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.
  • Syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew out, chew up, have words with, lambast. [WordNet 1.5]

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