Search Result for "talking_to":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a lengthy rebuke;
- Example: "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"
- Example: "the teacher gave him a talking to"
[syn: lecture, speech, talking to]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

talking to
    n 1: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
         discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn:
         lecture, speech, talking to]