lashing

tongue-lashing

A harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month.

*tongue-lashing

Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home.

a tongue-lashing

(informal)

if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chander	-	Indian, Hindi
Oona	OO-na (Irish), O:-nah (Finnish)	Irish, Finnish
Azaria	-	Biblical
Rosine	-	French
Tatianna	ta-tee-AN-ə, ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Bronimir	-	Polish (Rare)