Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To scold; attack with the tongue; rail at.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.

Etymologies

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From be- +‎ tongue.

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