lash

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If you must lash back do it from a throwaway account and don't mention you work for Google.

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Quick take

any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lash gathered in one view.

noun

any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

noun

leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

noun

a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lash.

noun

any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

noun

leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

noun

a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

verb

beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

See also: flog, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap, trounce

verb

lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"

verb

strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"

verb

bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"

Example sentences

If you must lash back do it from a throwaway account and don't mention you work for Google.

People in emotional pain tend to lash out angrily.

If you are offended by some argument, grow thicker fucking skin and don't lash back.

There is something of a back-lash from some of the older hands who remember what it was like.

It's not easy to lash your personal identity to the disease.

I am filled with such angry frustration about the current situation that all I want to do is lash out at you.

I can nevertheless sympathize with his action here, which is to lash out at an obviously unfair system.

If they were to confiscate the whole building holding all of the mail for a later time in case they needed it there would be a huge back lash.

Why do they have to lash out like a schoolyard bully at anybody that threatens to put the tiniest dent in their giant pile of cash money?

I could make the exact same argument about any criticism of any random thing, because it does not address the correctness of the criticism at all. If I made this argument against some criticism you fully agree with, you would probably lash out against me for not addressing the issues raised.

The IT industry is full of crotchety neckbeards with chips on their shoulders who need to be tiptoed around, generally with good reason because when others participate in the work they have created, they feel devalued and lash out.

Your question is like asking: How can we stop the next war?In fact the aims of terror are principally to provoke a government to introduce repressive measures and lash out, and in the process, damage itself and its credibility with citizens.

Google and Facebook can mostly get away with similar violations since the large majority of users simply don't care and/or don't understand the privacy concerns, but maybe it's not too late to lash back at relatively insignificant companies like Quora for blatant disregard of privacy...

If you think it's pointless, ignore it, but what is the point of complaining about a new thing which you are not forced to use which does not deprecate any old feature?Anyway, everyone is certainly welcome to have their complaints, especially someone who has experienced some poor issues, but I agree with the grandparent comment that often someone's configs can get mangled and they can lash out at, in this case, Apple, as though it is entirely their fault.