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  • 61harangue — {{11}}harangue (n.) mid 15c., arang, Scottish (in English from c.1600), from M.Fr. harangue (14c.), from It. aringo public square, platform, from a Germanic source ultimately from or including P.Gmc. *ring circular gathering (see RING (Cf. ring)) …

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  • 62declamation — n. 1. Declaiming, haranguing, mouthing, ranting, spouting (colloq.). 2. Harangue, set speech. 3. Exercise in speaking …

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  • 63declamation — n 1. speechmaking, speaking, orating, Inf. stumping; haranguing, ranting, spouting, mouthing. 2. speech, oration, address, discourse, lecture, sermon, recitation; tirade, harangue, Inf. stump speech; oratory, delivery, eloquence, rhetoric, style …

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  • 64harangue — I UK [həˈræŋ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms harangue : present tense I/you/we/they harangue he/she/it harangues present participle haranguing past tense harangued past participle harangued to speak to someone in a loud angry way for a long… …

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  • 65harangue — /həˈræŋ / (say huh rang) noun 1. a passionate, vehement speech; noisy and intemperate address. 2. any long, declamatory or pompous speech. –verb (harangued, haranguing) –verb (t) 3. to address in a harangue. –verb (i) 4. to deliver a harangue.… …

  • 66harangue — [hə raŋ′] n. [ME (Scot) arang < OFr arenge < OIt aringa < aringo, site for horse races and public assemblies < Goth * hrings, circle: see RING2] a long, blustering, noisy, or scolding speech; tirade vi., vt. harangued, haranguing to… …

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  • 67bitch-slap — v. ( slapped, slapping) vulgar slang [trans.] deliver a stinging blow to (someone), typically in order to humiliate them I d bitch slap her too if she mouthed off to me like that Origin: 1990s: originally black English, referring to a woman… …

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