Lambast

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lambast \lam*bast"\, v. t.
     Same as {lambaste}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]