lambast \lam*bast"\, v. t.
Same as lambaste.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lambast
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste]
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" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,
lambaste]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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