a lick with the rough side of the tongue



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a lick with the rough side of the tongue

Severe criticism and/or a stern reprimand. I thought my project was fine, but did you hear Ms. Miller's critique? Boy, that was a lick with the rough side of the tongue!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnniAHN-neeFinnish
NienkeNEEN-kəFrisian
LucioLOO-cho (Italian)Italian, Spanish
KrishnaKRISH-na (Hinduism)Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Gamil-Arabic (Egyptian)
Patya-Russian