lashing

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	Pronounced	Usage
Akihito	[æki'hi:təu]
Nithya	-	Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Bistra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Aramis	-	Literature
Nina (3)	-	Native American, Quechua
Eulalia	[ju:'leiliə]