Usually means: Harsh, critical verbal scolding, reprimand.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue-lashing: Merriam-Webster
  2. tongue-lashing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tongue-lashing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tongue-lashing, tongue-lashing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tongue-lashing: Vocabulary.com
  6. tongue-lashing: Wordnik
  7. tongue-lashing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tongue-lashing: Wiktionary
  9. tongue-lashing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. tongue-lashing: Dictionary.com
  11. tongue-lashing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. tongue-lashing: Rhymezone
  13. tongue-lashing: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tongue-lashing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tongue-lashing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue-lashing: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue-lashing: Idioms

(Note: See tongue-lash as well.)

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noun:  Alternative spelling of tongue lashing [A verbal rebuke, often severe.]

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