lash out

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For the verb's chief current sense (to attack suddenly), by surface analysis suggests reaching out with the lash (either literally or figuratively); however, the verb is entered in various early-19th-century dictionaries with various senses, only some of which have to do with attacking, kicking, or similar. One of them corresponds to today's splash out (that is, to break out into spending), while another corresponds to breaking out into expressing oneself verbally.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нападам внезапно (napadam vnezapno) — To make a sudden violent attack
• Japanese: 突っ掛かる (tsukkakaru) — To make a sudden violent attack
• Polish: uderzać — To make a sudden violent attack
• Polish: uderzyć — To make a sudden violent attack
• Polish: atakować — To make a sudden violent attack
• Polish: zaatakować — To make a sudden violent attack
• Spanish: agredir — To make a sudden violent attack
• Spanish: atacar — To make a sudden violent attack
• Spanish: perder los estribos — To make a sudden violent attack
• Spanish: soltar patadas — To make a sudden violent attack
• Azerbaijani: şığımaq — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Bulgarian: критикувам остро (kritikuvam ostro) — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Finnish: ärjäistä — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Finnish: kivahtaa — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Finnish: raivota — To make a fierce verbal attack
• French: vitupérer — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Italian: vituperare — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Japanese: 突っ掛かる (tsukkakaru) — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Polish: naskakiwać — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Polish: naskoczyć — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Portuguese: vituperar — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Spanish: vituperar — To make a fierce verbal attack
• Spanish: arremeter — To make a fierce verbal attack