to severely criticize something such as a play or a film
Example:
- The television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.
Related words and phrases
if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera, the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area
Example:
- The camera panned back to the audience.
- He panned the camera along the row of faces.
to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals
Example:
- panning for gold