Definition of: lash

(lash) noun
1. A thong on a whip handle; a whip.
2. A stroke with or as with a whip.
3. A sharp, sarcastic remark.
4. An eyelash.
5. Any heavy blow, as of waves beating the shore.
—v.t.
1. To strike, punish, or urge forward with or as with a whip.
2. To throw or move quickly or suddenly, as from side to side: to lash the tail.
3. To beat or dash against with force or violence: The waves lashed the pier.
4. To attack or criticize severely; berate.
5. To arouse the emotions of, as with words.
6. To bind or tie with or as with a lashing.
—v.i.
7. To move quickly or violently; dash.
—to lash out
1. To strike out violently or wildly.
2. To break into angry or vehement speech. [<Prob. fusion of MLG lasch a flap and OF laz a cord; infl. in form and sense by OF lachier fasten. Akin to LACE, LATCH.]