Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lambaste"
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) 1.7 (wn)
lambaste
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: {cane}, {flog}, {lambast}]
2: 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"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {rag},
{trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambast}]
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