1. lambaste - verb
· beat with a cane
Synonym(s): cane, flog, lambast
Hypernym(s): beat, beat_up, work_over
2. lambaste - verb
· censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Synonym(s): call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambast
Hypernym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart
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