Handbagging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handbagging is a noun meaning (UK, humorous) A verbal attack or criticism.
Meaning
(UK, humorous) A verbal attack or criticism.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of handbag
Example Sentences
In Downing Street there was urgent fury, and it was coming from Margaret Thatcher, ready to give a handbagging to anyone who got in her way.
I think the short answer is that six weeks ago the Prime Minister was promising his Back Benchers a handbagging for Europe, but now he is reduced to hand wringing.
Much of the resistance to women at the altar had always derived from women in the pews; Dr Hewitt's handbagging style helped to undermine the feminists' refrain that these women's conservatism was the result of brutal oppression by men.
Word Forms
- handbaggings
Synonyms for handbagging
Depending on context, synonyms include harangue, rant, tirade, animadversion, stricture, criticism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bagging, bollocking, bumshoving, browbeating, windbaggery, name-calling.
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