v.
- strike or beat with a whip or stick.
▸beat forcefully against:
waves lashed the coast.
▸
(lash out)
hit or kick out.
▸
(lash out)
launch a verbal attack.
- (of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently.
- fasten securely with a cord or rope.
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(lash out)
Brit. spend money extravagantly.
n.
- a sharp blow or stroke with a whip or stick.
- the flexible leather part of a whip.
- an eyelash.
Derivative
- -lashed adj.
- lasher n.
- lashless adj.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): prob. imitative.