Usually means: Harsh, critical verbal reprimand or scolding.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue-lashings: Merriam-Webster
  2. tongue-lashings, tongue-lashings: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tongue-lashings: Vocabulary.com
  4. tongue-lashings: Wordnik
  5. tongue-lashings: Wiktionary
  6. tongue-lashings: Dictionary.com
  7. tongue-lashings: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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  1. tongue-lashings: Idioms

(Note: See tongue-lashing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tongue-lashing)

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