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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
lambaste
 
SYLLABICATION:lam·baste
PRONUNCIATION:  lm-bst
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing, lam·bastes
Informal 1. To give a thrashing to; beat. See synonyms at beat. 2. To scold sharply; berate.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps lam1 + baste3.
 
 
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