SCOFF, SCOFFED, SCOFFER, SCOFFING – ADJECTIVES
– BABIST scoffed at, scorned …B1700 Sc.
– JEERY scornfully derisive, taunting, scoffing …1606 obs. rare
– LUDIBRIOUS full of scorn, inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking …1641 rare
– OFF-TAKING scoffing, mocking, sarcastic, joking, waggish …1877 Sc.
– SCOPTIC mocking, scoffing, jesting, satirical …1670 obs. rare
SCOFF etc. – NOUNS
– BOURD a scoff …Bk1911 Sc.
– CHOPPED LIVER something trivial; something to be scoffed at; usually used in the negative …1954 Amer. sl.
– DIRDUMS ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders …1825 Sc.
– DOR scoff, mockery …1552 obs.
– GAUD; GAWD a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery …c1440 obs.
– GAUDING a making merry; jesting; scoffing …a1553 obs.
– ILLATRATION a barking against one …1656 obs. rare
– JEER the act of jeering; mockery, scoffing, derision …1660 obs.
– SNOUCH a jeer, jibe, or scoff …c1780
SCOFF etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– GIBER one who utters jibes and taunts; one who ridicules or sneers at another; a scoffer …1563
– HICKSCORNER the name of a character in an allegorical drama of the same title printed by Wynkyn de Worde, represented as a travelled libertine who scoffs at religion; hence, a scoffer in general …c1530 obs.
– LATRATOR one who barks, rails, or scoffs …1623 obs.
– LUCIAN a witty scoffer …1752
– OFFTAKE a scoffer, a mocker, one who takes others off by ridicule; a mimic …Bk1905 Sc.
– TAUNTRESS a woman who taunts, scoffs, or jeers …1557 rare
SCOFF etc. – VERBS
– BABBIS to scoff, to gibe …1825 Sc. obs.
– BABISH to scoff at, to scorn; to treat with contempt as mere children …c1460 obs.
– GAB to speak mockingly, to scoff …a1225 obs.
– GAFF to talk loudly and merrily; to jest, to banter; to jeer, to scoff at …1876 Eng.
dial.
– GALL AT to scoff at …1599 obs.
– GAUD; GAWD to make merry; to sport, to jest; to scoff at …1532 obs.
– GECK AT to scoff at; to use mocking language or gestures towards …1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– ILLATRATE to scoff or bark at a thing …1623 obs. rare
– JAPE to mock, to deride, to scoff; to insult …c1440 obs.
– LUCIAN IT to play the scoffer …1655 obs.
– RAILLY to mock, to scoff, to jeer at …1678 obs.
– SCAFF to scoff, to ridicule …1844 Sc.
– SCAN to scoff; to scold …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff …1927 Amer. dial.
– SCORN AT to jeer, to scoff …1724 Sc.
– TIT to twit, to upbraid; to scoff or jeer at …1622 obs.
SCOLD, SCOLDED, SCOLDING – ADJECTIVES
– CALLETING scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLETY scolding; ill-tongued …1863 Eng. dial.
– CAMPING wrangling, contentious, scolding …1642 obs.
– CAMPLING quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding …1880 Eng. dial.
– CAMPLY quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded …1843 Amer. dial.
– FAULTY 1873 Eng. dial. – given to finding fault, grumbling, scolding
– GUMMAGY; GUMMIDGEY of a snarling, scolding disposition; peevish …1889 sl.
– HAWK-A-MOUTH foul-mouthed, scolding …1866 Eng. dial.
– HAWK-A-MOUTHED foul-mouthed, scolding …B1900 Eng. dial.
– IN SOMEONE’S ASS nagging or scolding …1966 Amer. sl.
– OBJURGATIVE having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke …1854
– OBJURGATORY having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke …1576
– OBLATRANT railing, reviling, scolding …1601 obs. rare
– ON SOMEONE’S ASS harassing, vexing, scolding, pursuing someone …1948 Amer. sl.
– RANDIFIED scolding …1894 Sc.
– RANDY scolding, abusive, noisy …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RANDY-LIKE having the appearance of a scold, or of a woman of loose habits …1822 Sc.
– RANDY-LOOKING having the appearance of a scold, or of a woman of loose habits …1895 Sc.
– RANKED OUT Bk1964 US students’ sl. – scolded
– RATED scolded, severely reproved …1596
– RIXY quarrelsome, carping, scolding …1746 Eng. dial.
– TATTER scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grumblingly discontented …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNCHID not rebuked or scolded …1860
– UNCHIDDEN not rebuked or scolded …1472
– YATTERIN captious, fretful, querulous, scolding …a1838 Sc.
– YATTERY captious, fretful, querulous, scolding …a1838 Sc.
SCOLD etc. – NOUNS
– ALL SORTS a scolding …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALPHA CHARLIE a bawling out; a severe scolding (AC = ass-chewing) …Amer. sl.
– ARGEY-REERIE a wrangle; a scolding …1911 Sc.
– ASS-CHEWING a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer; usually considered vulgar …1954 Amer. military sl.
– ASS-EATING a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer; usually considered vulgar …1949 Amer. military sl.
– BALLOCKING a severe telling off, a scolding …1938 UK sl.
– BALLYRAGGING scolding, abuse …1885 Eng. dial.
– BARGING scolding in an abusive manner …1892 Eng. dial.
– BAWLING OUT a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding …20C sl.
– BAWL-OUT a criticism, an accusation, a scolding …1915 US sl.
– BLACKING – a scolding; abuse …1873 Eng. dial.
– BLARE a noisy scolding …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLAST a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding …1874 Amer. dial.
– BLESSING a scolding; a tongue-lashing …1863 Amer. dial.
– BLESSING-OUT a scolding; a tongue-lashing …1965 Amer. dial.
– BLOW-UP a scolding …1838 chiefly US
– BOAST a threat, a scolding …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOB a scolding …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOILING OUT a scolding, a tongue-lashing …1969 Amer. dial.
– BOUNCING a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding …1634
– CALL scolding, abuse …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– CALL-DOWN a reprimand; a scolding; contradiction …1895 Amer. sl.
– CALLING loud vituperation; scolding …1863 Eng. dial.
– CALLING-DOWN a reprimand; a scolding …c1960 Amer. dial.
– CALLS a scolding, abuse, vituperation …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHAIN LIGHTNING n. torment or misery, esp. a severe scolding; hell …1866 US sl.
– CHEWING a sharp scolding …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHEWING-OUT a sharp scolding, a reprimand …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHIN-WAG a scolding …Bk1942 US sl.
– CHISELING a scolding …1968 Amer. dial.
– DAMASON a severe scolding, rebuke …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DICTION punishment, chastisement, scolding; generally used in plural …1924 Sc.
– DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment …1895
– DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment …1895
– DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension …1823 Sc.
– DISH OF RAILS a lecture or scolding, esp. from a married woman to her husband …L18 sl.
– DISH OF TONGUES, A a scolding …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DOWNSET a scolding or reprimand, a dressing down …1824 Sc. rare
– DOWNSETTING a scolding or reprimand …1842 obs., chiefly Sc.
– DRIFFLE a scolding …1866 Sc.
– EARBASHING nagging, non-stop chatter; a lengthy scolding …1940s sl., orig. Aust.
– EAR-BEATING a severe scolding; a tongue-lashing …1968 Amer. dial.
– EAR-BURN a severe scolding …1966 Amer. dial.
– EARFUL a full or clear hearing of what is being said; hence, a voluble expression of opinions, esp. a sharp verbal rebuke or scolding; a strong and often lengthy reprimand …1911 colloq.
– EARWIGGING a private conversation; a rebuke in private; a scolding or harangue …1842 colloq.
– FACE-PIECE a scolding …1950 Sc.
– FACE-WASHIN a scolding …1950 Sc.
– FINNEY a scolding match; a share in something going on, a frolic …1746 Eng. dial. obs.
– FLEA IN ONE’S EAR, A a scolding, a rating; a sharp reproof; a rebuff; chiefly used in the phrase ‘to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one’s ear’ …1826
– FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match …18C chiefly Eng. dial.
– GANG-OWER a scolding …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GANSEL a severe rebuke; a scolding; insolent language …1710 Sc.
– HAIL COLUMBIA a punishment, a telling-off, a scolding …M19 US sl.
– HAIRBLOWER a severe telling-off, a scolding, a reprimand …2002 UK sl.
– HAIRCUT a verbal telling off, a scolding …1960s US criminals’ sl.
– HARK FROM THE TOMB something severe; a severe scolding or admonition ….c1960 Amer. dial.
– HARPOONING a very sharp scolding…1969 Amer. dial.
– HAZY a scolding; a quarrel; abusive language …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HEARING a ‘lecture’, a scolding, reproof …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEATING-OUT a severe scolding or heated discussion …1969 Amer. dial.
– HECKLING 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a severe scolding; a dispute
– HEERICAN a severe reproof, a scolding, a ‘dressing down’ …1920 Sc.
– HETCHELING a scolding …1890 Amer. dial.
– JACKETING a beating, a thrashing; a tongue-lashing, a scolding …1851
– JACKING UP a rebuke, a reprimand; a scolding …1905 Amer. dial.
– JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding …1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– JESSE; JESSY a punishment, scolding; a bad or painful time …1839 Amer. dial.
– JINIPER-LECTURE a scolding …1690 sl.
– JOBATION a rebuke, a reproof, especially one of a lengthy and tedious character; a prolonged scolding, a lecture; also, a long discussion ..1687 colloq.
– LARRUPING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging; a whipping; a tongue-lashing, a scolding …1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– LARRY 1790 Eng. dial. – a scolding, a lecture
– LARUM 1839 Eng. dial. – a noisy scolding
– LATITAT 1825 Eng. dial. – a noise, a scolding; idle talk, chatter
– LAYING OUT a scolding …1900s US dial.
– LEATHERING Bk1902 Sc. – a scolding
– LINING OUT a scolding, a reprimand …1966 Amer. dial.
– LUMPS hard knocks, a scolding …1935
– MAUNDERING BROTH a scolding …L17 sl.
– MAUNDRING-BROTH a scolding …L17 Brit. sl.
– NAILING a beating, a thrashing, a scolding …1880 Sc.
– NANTY temper, ire; a drubbing, a scolding …1935 Sc. sl.
– NEIVE-SHAKING a quarrel among women, a scolding-match …1820 Sc.
– NICTION punishment, chastisement, scolding; generally used in plural …1924 Sc.
– OBJURGATION a chiding, scolding, reproving, rebuking, or blaming; a sharp or severe rebuke …a1500
– OBLATRATION a barking at a person, a railing, a scolding …c1560 obs.
– OVERHAUL a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing …1797 Amer. dial.
– OVERHAULING a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement …1833 Amer. dial.
– PAIKING a severe scolding …1862 Sc.
– PEELING a scolding …1968 Amer. dial.
– POLISHING DOWN a sharp scolding …1966 Amer. dial.
– RAG a disturbance; a noisy dispute; a scolding …1825 Sc.
– RAGGING the act of scolding, annoying, etc.; abuse; an instance of this …1796
– RAGGINS a severe scolding; abuse …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAGING a scolding …1828 Sc.
– RAICHIE the act of scolding …1825 Sc.
– RAILWIFERY abusive scolding …1695 nonce word obs.
– RAKE-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand …1859 Amer. dial.
– RAKING-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand …1854 Amer. dial. & Eng. dial.
– RAKING-OUT a sharp scolding …1966 Amer. dial.
– RAKING-OVER a sharp scolding …1965 Amer. dial.
– RALLY an angry scolding; a wrangling …Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RANNING a scolding …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANT a violent scolding …1663 obs. rare
– RAP ON THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand …19C
– RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand …19C
– RASPING a scolding; a thrashing …1853 Eng. dial.
– RATING a scolding, rebuke, reproof …1577
– RATTLE noise of any kind; chatter, scolding …1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RATTLING a scolding …1839 Eng. dial.
– RAWHIDING a sharp scolding …1948 Amer. dial.
– READING-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding …c1950 Amer. dial.
– READ-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding …1947 Amer. dial.
– RIDGILING a beating, a flogging; a scolding …1896 Eng. dial.
– RIGGING a teasing; a scolding …1883 Amer. dial.
– RIXATION the act of scolding or brawling; a quarrel, a brawl …1623 obs.
– SAUCE a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAYING-OVER a scolding, reprimand, swearing …1905 Amer. dial.
– SCAVEL-AN’-GOW the noise of confused talking; chatter, scolding; a pack of lies …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOLD a scolding, a rebuke; occasionally in plural …1773 Sc.
– SCOTCH BLESSING a severe scolding or reprimand …1907 Amer. dial.
– SCOUR a severe censure or scolding; a stern rebuke …1825 Sc.
– SCOURIE a severe censure or scolding; a stern rebuke …1825 Sc.
– SCREEDING a rending, a tearing; a scolding match among women, when violence may go to the length of tearing or ‘screeding’ the cap …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCUTCHING a sharp scolding …1968 Amer. dial.
– SET-OUT a tongue-lashing; a scolding …1970 Amer. dial.
– SISERARY a severe rebuke, reproof, or scolding; a sharp blow; a torrent of language …1771
– SNAPPING UP 1966 Amer. dial. – a scolding
– TALKING-TO a scolding, a reprimand …M19
– TARGING a scolding, a berating …1825 Sc.
– TATTERIN’ a scolding, rebuke …1915 Sc.
– TELLING a scolding, reproof; warning, advice …1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRAWN a scolding, a chiding; a sharp reproof …Bk1905 Ireland obs.
– THROUGH-THE-BOWS a strict examination; a severe scolding …Bk1905 Sc.
– TIFTING a scolding or quarrelling bout; a scolding …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TINKLER’S JAW a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language …1886 Sc.
– TINKLER’S TONGUE a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language …1887 Sc.
– TONGUE-PADDING a scolding …1876 Eng. dial.
– TONGUE-PIE a scolding …1895 Eng. dial.
– TRIMMING a sharp scolding; chastisement; a drubbing, beating, or thrashing …1899 Amer. dial.
– TURKEY a scolding; teasing …1982 Amer. dial.
– TWISTING 1834 sl. – a scolding; a trouncing
– TYKE-TULYIE a coarse scolding match …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UPSETTING a disagreement; a quarrel, a row; a scolding …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VENY a scolding bout …1746 Eng. dial.
– VINNY a scolding match; a share in something going on, a frolic …1746 Eng. dial. obs.
– WALLOP OF THE TONGUE a scolding …1884 Sc.
– WAUKENING a violent scolding …Bk1905 Sc.
– WIGGING a severe rebuke, reproof, or reprimand; a scolding …1805 colloq.
– YATTER noisy or angry talk; brawling, scolding, grumbling, continual railing or carping …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YATTERIN continual scolding …1859 Sc.
SCOLD etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAIRD a noisy, turbulent person: generally applied to a scold …1825 Sc.
– BANGREE an ill-natured, ungovernable woman; a contentious, irritable, scolding woman …Bk1888 Sc.
– BARD a bold, noisy woman; a scold …Bk1898 Sc.
– BARGE a scolding woman …Bk1898 Ireland
– BARSA a scold …Bk1910 Ireland
– BARSAUN a scold …Bk1910 Ireland
– BELDAM, BELDAME a scolding old woman …a1586
– BESSIE an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; a scold, a virago …1866 Sc.
– BILINGSGATE a noisy woman; a scold …Bk1795 sl.
– BILLINGSGATE a clamouring, foul-mouthed person; a vulgar abuser; a scolding impudent slut …1683 obs.
– BRIMSTONE a virago, a scold …1751 obs.
– CAIRD a scold; a rude, scolding person …1808 Sc.
– CALLET a term of abuse; a hag; a scold; a virago, a constant fault-finder; a quarrelsome person …a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CHIDESTER a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls …c1386 obs.
– GARM a scolding person …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer …1960 Amer. dial.
– GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer …1968 Amer. dial.
– GRUMBLETONIAN a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the ‘state of the country’; a discontented person; a scolder …c1710 colloq.
– HAG a violent, ill-tempered woman; a scold; an ugly, dirty woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HECKLER Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a female brawler or scold; a hard master
– KAIL-WIFE a scold; a coarse, brawling woman …1959 Sc.
– KAIRD a scold …1818 Sc.
– KALE-WIFE a scold …1866 Sc.
– LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold …1847
– MAG a scold, a fault-finding woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAGGER a scolding, complaining person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAGPIE a talkative child or woman; a scold; a term of contempt …1844 Eng. dial.
– NAG a person who finds fault or complains habitually – a woman who scolds …1885
– NAGGER a persistent scold …1872 sl.
– PALLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold …1920 Sc.
– PULLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold …1920 Sc.
– RANDIE; RANDY a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RANT-A-COME-SCOUR a scold; a man in a violent passion …1866 Eng. dial.
– RANTER a reveller; a noisy scold …1812 Sc.
– RANTIPOLE a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person …a1700 rare
– RATER one who reproves or scolds …1863
– RIXATRIX a scolding or quarrelsome woman …1745 orig. Old English law obs.
– SCALLIBRAT; SCALLY-BRAT a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
– SCRADE a scold …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
– SHREW a scolding woman; a virago; a hellcat of a woman …16C
– SKELLAT a scolding, railing woman; an ill-natured, shrewish woman …1810 Sc.
– TADGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant …1888 Sc.
– TAGSTER a scold; a virago …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– TAIRGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew …1822 Sc.
– TARGE a violent, scolding woman; a shrew, a virago, a vixen …1862 Sc.
– TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman …1822 Sc.
– TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a scolding wife, a vixen, a termagant …1663
– TATTERER a female scold …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– TATTERS a female scold …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– TINKLER a loud, scolding woman; a term of contempt applied to a man or woman …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TINKLER’S WOMAN a term of contempt for a woman; a woman of low associates; a loud, scolding woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– XANTHIPPE; XANTIPPE the wife of Socrates; hence, an ill-tempered woman or wife; a shrew; a scold …1596
– YENTA a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female …1923 US
– YENTCH a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew …1923 US
– YENTE a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman …1923 US
– ZANTIPPE; ZENTIPPE the wife of Socrates; hence, an ill-tempered woman or wife; a shrew; a scold …1596
SCOLD etc. – PHRASES
– NEVER OFF A PERSON’S BACK never ceasing to advise, scold, or look after him …Bk1905 N. Ireland
SCOLD etc. – VERBS
– AMMERGAG to scold; to argue …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– BACK-HASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest …1816 Sc.
– BAGHASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest …1816 Sc.
– BAIRGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly …1887 Sc.
– BALL OUT to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly …1899 sl., orig. US
– BALLYRAG to abuse violently; to scold or revile in foul language …1790 Eng. dial.
– BAN to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear …1340 Eng. dial.
– BARGE to scold, to abuse …1860 Eng. dial.
– BAWL to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly …M19 sl., orig. US
– BAWL OFF to scold …1874 Eng. dial.
– BAWL OUT to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly …1899 sl., orig. US
– BEGIN to scold …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BERGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly …1887 Sc.
– BLACK to scold, to abuse; to defame …1866 Eng. dial.
– BLART to cry out, to make a noise; to scold, to rate …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLAST to scold or criticize severely or vociferously …1957 Amer. sl.
– BLESS OUT to scold or rebuke …1935 Amer. dial.
– BLITZ to scold …1940s sl.
– BLOW to scold, to rail at …1827 colloq.
– BLOW SOMEONE’S EARS DOWN to scold severely …1933 Amer. sl.
– BOARD to scold …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BOLLOCK E20 UK sl. – to chastise, to scold severely, to dress down
– BOST to scold; to speak roughly …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOUNCE to talk big at; to bully; to blow up, to scold roundly …1640
– BREAK ONE’S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag …1955 US sl.
– BURN SOMEONE’S EARS to scold severely …1952 Amer. sl.
– BUST ON to attack verbally, to criticize or scold; in a weakened sense, to tease, to mock …1961
– BUZZ to scold, to tell off …L19 US sl.
– CAIRD to abuse, to scold …1928 Sc.
– CALL to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold …1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CALL DOWN to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one …1896 Amer. dial.
– CALLET to scold, to rail …a1673 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CALL ON THE CARPET to reprimand; to scold …1960s US sl.
– CAMP to wrangle, to scold …1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CAMPLE to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross …1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CANT to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold …1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CANTER to scold; to nag; to grumble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CARD to scold sharply …Bk1888 Sc.
– CATCH IT to get a thrashing or a scolding …1835 colloq.
– CHANNER to mutter, grumble, murmur, fret, complain; to scold, not noisily, but constantly; to chide …c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CHEW to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold …1942 Amer. dial.
– CHEW AT to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHEW ON to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHEW ONE’S ASS OUT to bawl out, to scold, to reprimand; to put pressure on somebody …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHEW OUT to bawl out, to scold, to reprimand; to put pressure on somebody …1948 Amer. dial.
– CHEW UP to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold …1884 Amer. dial.
– CLAPPERCLAW to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently …1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CLIMB to scold someone …Bk2006 US sl.
– COME DOWN HARD ON ONE to scold or punish someone severely …Bk2006 US sl.
– COW-COW to be very angry; to scold …Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
– DELITIGATE to scold or chide vehemently …1623 obs. rare
– DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold …1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DRIFFLE to scold …1898 Sc.
– DUMP ON to scold someone severely …Bk2006 US sl.
– EARBASH to subject to one’s opinions, grievances, etc.; to nag, to scold …1940s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
– EAT ASS LIKE IT WAS STEAK to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1967 US sl.
– EAT OUT to rebuke or scold sharply or severely; to berate or verbally chastise someone …1944 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S ASS OFF to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1943 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S ASS OUT to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1946 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S COOKIES to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1953 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S LIVER OUT to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1927 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S PANTS OUT to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1934 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT SOMEONE’S TAIL OUT to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1953 US sl., esp. military usage
– EAT UP to rebuke or scold sharply or severely …1843 US sl.
– FAN OUT to scold …c1950 Amer. dial.
– FLY OUT to grow angry; to scold …17C sl.
– FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with …1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
– GABBLE to scold in an ill-natured way; to wrangle, to be querulous …Bk1900 Sc.
– GAG to scold, to nag …M19 sl.
– GALLYIE to roar, to brawl, to scold …1808 Sc. obs.
– GANSEL; GANSELL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort …1726 Sc.
– GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort …1818 Sc.
– GARBEL to make a brawling, scolding noise …1825 Sc. obs.
– GELLIE to roar, to brawl, to scold …Bk1900 Sc.
– GET ONE’S EARS CHEWED DOWN to receive a severe scolding …1966 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S KAIL THROUGH THE REEK to get a severe scolding or censure …1705 Sc.
– GET ONE’S KALE THROUGH THE REEK to get a good scolding; to pay the penalty …1812 Sc.
– GET ONE’S TICKETS to be subjected to a scolding match; to get a drubbing …Bk1905 Sc.
– GIVE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style …1859 Eng. dial.
– GIVE DOWN THE BANKS to turn on angrily; to berate or admonish in a vehement and vociferous manner; to reprimand or scold …1845 colloq.
– GIVE DOWN THE COUNTRY to show one’s displeasure towards someone; to berate or admonish in a vehement and vociferous manner; to reprimand or scold …1892 Amer. dial.
– GIVE DOWN THE ROAD to show one’s displeasure towards someone; to berate or admonish in a vehement and vociferous manner; to reprimand or scold …1974 Amer. dial.
– GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold …M17 sl.
– GIVE ONE HAIL COLUMBIA to give a sound scolding; to berate …1854 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE HAIL COLUMBIA, HAPPY LAND to give a sound scolding; to berate …1908 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE JESSE to give one a good scolding; to punish one severely; to reprimand sternly …1839 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE ONE’S KALE THROUGH THE REEK to give one a good scolding; to reprove severely; to punish …1814 Sc.
– GIVE SKY-HIGH to blow up, to scold in the most immoderate fashion …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– GO ABOARD OF SOMEONE to act vigorously and aggressively; to attack or scold vigorously …1980 Can. sl.
– GO AROUND to scold …1946 Amer. dial.
– HAMMERGAG to scold; to argue …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HASE to scold …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAVE ONE’S KALE HOT to get a good scolding …1895 Sc.
– HAVE THE SAUCEPAN ON THE FIRE to be set on or reading for a scolding match …M19 Eng. dial.
– HAWZEN to scold, to speak sharply …1825 Eng. dial.
– HAZE to confound, to frighten, to scare; to scold, to upbraid; also, to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly …1678 Eng. dial.
– HAZEN to scold, to rebuke, to threaten …1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HECKLE to chastise, to scold … E19 Eng. dial.
– ILL-HEAR to reprove, to scold, to chide …1808 Sc. obs.
– INCREPATE to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold, to reprehend …1570 obs.
– JABBER to scold …1866 Eng. dial.
– JACK UP to call to account; to rebuke; to reprove severely, to reprimand; to scold; to irritate …1896 Amer. dial.
– JAMMER to make a great outcry, or a loud, disagreeable noise; to talk loudly or persistently; to shout; to scold …1835 Ireland
– JANGLE to speak angrily; to scold …c1430 obs. rare
– JAW to address censoriously or abusively; to scold or lecture a person …1810
– KAME to scold; to give a ‘dressing down’ …1929 Sc.
– LAND ON to scold; to reprimand; to rebuke or take decisive action against …1910s US sl.
– LAY ON THE JACK to thrash or scold soundly …1579 colloq.
– LAY OUT to scold, to reprimand; to berate …1900s Amer. dial.
– LAY OUT COLD to scold severely; to berate …c1960 Amer. dial.
– LAY OUT IN LAVENDER to scold severely; to berate; to indulge in a verbal battle …1948 Amer. dial.
– LEATHER 1866 Sc. – to scold, to rail at, to criticize severely
– LOUNDER to scold …B1900 Sc.
– MAG to scold, to complain, to find fault …1810 Eng. dial.
– MAKE A NOISE to scold, to rate, to complain; to be angry with …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MALLERAG to abuse, to scold …B1900 Eng. dial.
– MANDER to order about in a dictatorial fashion; to scold …1872 Eng. dial.
– MAUNDER to order about n a dictatorial fashion; to scold …1872 Eng. dial.
– MEAN-MOUTH to malign; to scold; to insult; to give a tongue-lashing to … c1960 Amer. dial.
– MISCALL to abuse, to call names, to rail at, to speak evil of; to scold; to malign, to misrepresent …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MOB to scold, to rate; to taunt, to abuse; to ridicule, to jeer at ..1884 Eng. dial.
– NAG to scold, or fault find persistently …1846 sl.
– NAIL to scold severely …1880 Sc.
– NATTER to grumble; to fret; to scold; to speak in a querulous or peevish manner …1829 Eng. dial.
– NEB to scold; to miscall …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– OBJURGATE to rebuke severely; to chide, to scold …1616
– OBLATRATE to rail against one, to scold …1623 obs. rare
– OVERHAUL to scold, reprimand or discipline …1942 Amer. dial.
– PEEL OUT to scold, to chide …1968 Amer. dial.
– PROMISE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style …1859 Eng. dial.
– PUT THE BLAST ON to scold or criticize harshly or vociferously …1929 Amer. sl.
– RAG to scold, to rate; to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently …a1796 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RAGE to scold, to berate …1828 Sc.
– RAHATE to scold …1542 obs.
– RAICHIE to scold …1825 Sc.
– RAKE to scold severely, to attack verbally …1907 Amer. dial.
– RAKE DOWN to scold, to reprimand …1942 Amer. dial.
– RAKE OVER to scold; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody …1965 Amer. dial.
– RALLIE to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to …1790 Sc.
– RALLY to scold; to speak loud …1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RANDY to scold …1828 Sc.
– RANT to storm or scold violently …1647 obs.
– RATE to chide, to scold, to reprove vehemently or angrily …c1386
– RATIFY to scold; to use clamorous vituperation …1889 Eng. dial.
– RATTIPELT to scold …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RAWHIDE to chastise verbally; to scold …1948 Amer. dial.
– RAWLEY to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to …1790 Sc.
– READ OFF to scold; to find fault with …B1900 Eng. dial.
– READ ONE ONE’S CHARACTER to give one a scolding; to tell plainly what is thought of one’s character …1898 Sc.
– READ OUT to reprimand, to express blunt criticism of; to rebuke strongly; to scold …1958 Amer. dial.
– READ THE DOG-LAW to scold, to read the riot act, to reprimand, to upbraid, to chastise …1903 Amer. dial.
– READ THE RIOT ACT to reprove; to scold …20C sl.
– REAR to mock, to gibe; to scold …1893 Eng. dial.
– REDD to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold; to sum up the faults of, to criticize …1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REDD THE CRAP to scold …Bk1904 Sc.
– RICK to grumble, to scold …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– RICK INTO to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously …1894 Eng. dial.
– RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold …1883 Amer. dial.
– RING to talk; to scold …Bk1903 sl.
– RING A PEAL to scold …1562
– RIP AND STAVE to rage and scold about …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ROUNDSHAVE to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse …1892 Eng. dial.
– SALT ONE’S KAIL to scold, to make things unpleasant for one …1865 Sc.
– SAUCE to scold; to find fault with; to abuse …1882 Eng. dial.
– SCABBLE to scold …1804 Sc. obs.
– SCALD to reprimand, to scold …L19 Irish sl.
– SCALL to scold; to abuse …1820 Sc.
– SCALLIBRAT to scold; to use loud and vituperative language …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCAM to scold severely …1922 Sc.
– SCAN to scoff; to scold …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– SCHOOL to correct, to rebuke, to scold, to chastise …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCONCE to joke, to ridicule; to scold …1884 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
– SET ONE’S MOUTH ON to tell someone off; to give one a tongue-lashing …1970s African-American sl.
– SHEND to reproach or scold …arch.
– SHOW SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand …1966 Amer. dial.
– TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash …1825 Sc.
– TAKE APART to criticize or scold severely …sl.
– TAKE A PIECE OUT OF to scold, to reprimand severely …1940s Aust. sl.
– TAKE GAS to be scolded and abused …1950s US sl.
– TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to scold; to punish; to reprimand …1907 Amer. sl.
– TAKE TO to scold, to punish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TALK TO to scold, to tell off …M19 sl., orig. US
– TARGE to reprimand, to scold loudly …1825 Sc.
– TASH to scold, to upbraid …1807 Sc.
– TATOO to scold, to abuse …1827 Ireland
– TATTER to scold; to chide; to be furious or cross …1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAX to find fault with; to scold …1806 Sc.
– TELL SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand …1945 Amer. dial.
– THREAP to scold, to chide, to rebuke …1681 Eng. dial.
– TIFF to scold, to rate; to betray hurt feelings passionately …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TING to whip; to scold severely; to chide; to assail with insults …1746 Eng. dial. obs.
– TONGUE to assail with words; to reproach, to scold; to discuss or talk about injuriously …1388
– TONGUE-BANG to scold heartily, to berate, to abuse …1901 Eng. dial.
– TONGUE-PAD to assail with words, to scold …1707 Eng. dial. & sl.
– TONGUE-WALK to scold, to abuse …1841
– TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold …1888 Amer. dial.
– UPSET to scold, to find fault with; to put out of temper …1901 Eng. dial.
– WALK DOWN ONE’S THROAT to scold; to abuse …B1900
– WALK INTO to scold, to reprimand …M19 sl.
– WALK INTO SOMEONE’S AFFECTIONS to beat, to scold …M19 sl.
– WALLOP to move the tongue with rapidity; to chatter; to scold …1881 Sc.
– WALLOP THE TONGUE to speak volubly, to scold …1881 Sc.
– YABBER to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous …1825 Sc.
– YABBLE to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous …1825 Sc.
– YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically …1825 Sc.
– YAMBER to scold; to abuse freely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAMMER to make a loud unpleasant noise or outcry; to howl, to yell; to roar, to shout; to talk loudly or persistently; to scold …1513 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YAMOUR to make a great outcry, or a loud, disagreeable noise; to talk loudly or persistently; to shout; to scold …1835 Sc.
– YAP to talk snappishly, noisily, or foolishly; to chatter; to scold …1895 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– YARM to scold; to speak ill-naturedly; to find fault, to grumble …1790 Eng. dial.
– YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something …1811 Sc.
– YIMMER to make a great outcry, or a loud, disagreeable noise; to talk loudly or persistently; to shout; to scold …1835 N. Ireland
– YOMER to make a great outcry, or a loud, disagreeable noise; to talk loudly or persistently; to shout; to scold …1835 Sc.
SCOOP – NOUNS
– an instrument for scooping SCOBE Bk1904 Sc.
– a scoop, a ladle with a long handle; a large, hollow shovel SCOPE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCOOP – VERBS
– to scoop out roughly; to make hollow SCOBE 1790 Sc. & Ireland
– to scoop, to ladle SCOPE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to scoop up, to ladle out; to take up water etc. with a shallow vessel KEACH 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SCOOTER, SCOOTERING – NOUNS
– a child’s scooter WALK-A-BIKE 1931 Sc.
– in foot-propelled scootering: a difficult trick or stunt which has pain or injury as the price of failure BURLY 2000 UK sl.
SCOOTER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a scooter-rider who specializes in difficult tricks BURLY 2000 UK sl.
SCOOTER etc. – VERBS
– in foot-propelled scootering: to turn sharply while in mid-jump CARVE 2000 UK sl.
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