TONGUE-LASHING

Meaning of TONGUE-LASHING in English

also tongue lashing

( tongue-lashings)

If someone gives you a tongue-lashing , they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. ( INFORMAL )

After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.

N-COUNT

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

TONGUE-LASHING — noun see: tongue-lash
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE-LASHING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tongue (I) + lashing : a severe scolding
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE-LASHING — see tongue-lash
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE-LASHING — ■ noun a loud or severe scolding.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE-LASHING — tongue-lashing BrE AmE ˈtʌŋ ˌlæʃ ɪŋ § \ ˈtɒŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONGUE LASHING — see tongue-lashing
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE LASHING — see tongue-lashing
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE-LASHING — also tongue lashing (~s) If someone gives you a ~, they shout at you or criticize you in a very …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE LASHING — Synonyms and related words : abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE-LASHING — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE-LASHING — n. 1) to give smb. a (good) ~ 2) to get, receive a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TONGUE-LASHING — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF …
Словарь английских идиом
TONGUE-LASHING — (See a tongue-lashing)
English Idioms vocab
TONGUE-LASHING — See a tongue-lashing
English Idioms vocabulary
TONGUE-LASHING — n. A sharp scolding or criticism. Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets. Synonym: PIECE OF ONE'S …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TONGUE-LASHING — нагоняй
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-LASHING — n infml She came in for a bit of tongue-lashing from her mother — Мамаша устроила ей настоящую головомойку How would his …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TONGUE-LASHING — n infml She came in for a bit of tongue-lashing from her mother — Мамаша устроила ей настоящую головомойку How …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TONGUE-LASHING — tongue-lashing n infml She came in for a bit of tongue-lashing from her mother Мамаша устроила ей настоящую головомойку How …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TONGUE-LASHING — She came in for a bit of tongue-lashing from her mother — Мамаша устроила ей настоящую головомойку How would his …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TONGUE-LASHING — нагоняй
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LASHING — noun Date: 1669 something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LASHING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of lash (III) : something (as a rope, wire, or chain) used for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LASHING — (n.) See 2d Lasher.
Английский словарь Webster
LASHING — (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
Английский словарь Webster
LASHING — ( n. ) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LASHING — ( n. ) See 2d Lasher.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LASHING — lashing 1 /lash"ing/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that lashes. 2. a whipping with or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LASHING — n. act of striking with a lash; whipping; harsh scolding; act of tying with a cord
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LASHING — noun Date: 1669 : something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
LASHING — noun ·see 2d lasher. 2. lashing ·noun the act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
Webster English vocab
LASHING — ■ noun 1》 a whipping or beating. 2》 a cord used to fasten something securely.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LASHING — [lash.ing] n (1669): something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LASHING — / ˈlæʃɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. lashings [ pl. ] ( BrE , informal ) a large amount of sth, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LASHING — lash ‧ ing /ˈlæʃɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a punishment in which someone is hit with a whip …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LASHING — n. 1 a beating. 2 cord used for lashing.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONGUE — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LASHING — n. 1 a beating. 2 cord used for lashing.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Oxford English vocab
LASHING — n.1 a beating. 2 cord used for lashing.
Oxford English vocab
TONGUE — ( tongues) 1. Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LASHING — ( lashings) 1. Lashings of something means a large quantity or amount of it. ( mainly BRIT INFORMAL ) Serve …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LASHING — (~s) 1. Lashings of something means a large quantity or amount of it. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) Serve by cutting the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES click your tongue (= make a short sound with your tongue to show disapproval …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LASHING — [noun] [C usually singular]Our house takes quite a lashing from the sea and wind.The captain gave him a verbal lashing …
Cambridge English vocab
TONGUE — n. Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LASHING — Synonyms and related words : adhesive, affixation, annexation, attachment, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, binding, bond, buffeting, caning, clasping, clubbing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE — n. long tongue tongue lash tongue tied tongue walk
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LASHING — noun Lashing is used before these nouns: ↑ rain
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Словарь английских идиом
TONGUE — сущ. 1) а) язык furred/dirty/foul/coated tongue ≈ обложенный язык (у больного) б) язык (еда) 2) что-л., имеющее форму языка, напоминающее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LASHING — сущ. 1) порка 2) брань, упреки 3) веревка, веревки (связывающие что-л.) 4) мн.; разг. масса, обилие (of - чего-л.) порка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE — tongue.ogg 1. tʌŋ n 1. 1> язык furred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue - обложенный язык ( больного ) to put …
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