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   What does lambasts mean?

   • Define lambasts. lambasts synonyms, lambasts pronunciation, lambasts translation, English dictionary definition of lambasts. tr.v. lam·bast·ed , lam·bast·ing , lam·bastes 1. To give a thrashing to; beat. 2. To scold sharply; berate: lambasted the workers for the shoddy...

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   Where did lambaste come from?

   • Did you know? The origins of lambaste (which can also be spelled lambast) are somewhat uncertain, but the word was most likely formed by combining the verbs lam and baste, both of which mean “to beat severely.” (This baste is unrelated to either the sewing or cooking one.)

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   What does it mean to lambaste the city government?

   • He knows that to lambaste the city government is to lose the city printing. He may praise his friends or lambaste his enemies; may be brilliantly original or stupidly conservative or hopelessly imitative. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Is lambaste a new sense?

   • This new sense clearly struck a chord; after fighting its way into the lexicon, lambaste has held fast ever since. The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.

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   2 meanings: 1. to beat or whip severely 2. to reprimand or scold.... Click for more definitions.

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     Synonyms for LAMBAST in English: reprimand, carpet, flame,...

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     2 meanings: 1. an erotic dance, originating in Brazil,...

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     2 meanings: If you lambaste someone, you criticize them...

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     Dull or ordinary; unimaginative.... Click for English...

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     30 meanings: 1. to strike (a person or thing) with several...

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   LAMBASTE definition: 1. to criticize someone or something severely: 2. to criticize someone or something severely: 3…. Learn more.

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   to assault violently : beat, whip; to attack verbally : censure… See the full definition. Games & Quizzes; Games & Quizzes ... variants or lambast. lambasted ...

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   LAMBASTE meaning: 1. to criticize someone or something severely: 2. to criticize someone or something severely: 3…. Learn more.

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   Define lambast. lambast synonyms, lambast pronunciation, lambast translation, English dictionary definition of lambast. or vb 1. to beat or whip severely 2. to ...

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   lambast somebody/something to attack or criticize somebody/something very severely, especially in public synonym lay into somebody/something Word Origin mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘beat, thrash’): from lam ‘hit hard’ + baste ‘thrash’.