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tongue-lashing
A harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month.
*tongue-lashing
Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home.
a tongue-lashing
(informal) if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Uranus | | yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
Iwo | | EE-vaw | Polish |
Salha | | - | Arabic |
Benedito | | - | Portuguese |
Aike | | - | Frisian |
Matej | | - | Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian |