tabasser — meaning in English

English meaning

• clobber verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
• lambaste verb To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
• thwack verb To hit someone or something hard, especially with something flat like a stick or bat.

Senses

tabasser is used for these senses in English:

• beat to a pulp (transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
• beat up (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
• kick ass (informal, vulgar, ambitransitive) To beat to a pulp; beat up
• lambaste (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
• thwack To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
• whale on (slang) To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.

clobber — full definition

1. verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
2. verb To overwrite data unintentionally, especially in computing.
3. noun British informal term for clothing or belongings.

lambaste — full definition

1. verb To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
2. verb To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

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