[v] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
[v] beat with a cane
Synonyms
bawl out, berate, cane, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambaste, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce