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account, bring (someone) to book, let (someone) have it with
both barrels, give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind, give
(someone) a tongue-lashing or a talking-to, give (someone) a
hard time, rake or haul (someone) over the coals, tell (someone)
off, tick (someone) off, skin (someone) alive, call or have
(someone) on the carpet, light or rip or tear or lace or sail
into (someone), US chew out, jump all over (someone), Brit
carpet: When their mother scolded them, they began to cry.
--n. 2 nag, shrew, termagant, virago, fishwife, beldam,
harridan, hell-cat, fury, amazon, tigress, Xanthippe, Colloq
battleaxe: In the old days, they used to take scolds, tie them
in a chair at the end of a pole, and dunk them in a pond till
they cooled off.
scoop n. 1 ladle, dipper, bailer, spoon: Use the scoop to skim the
fat off the soup. 2 exclusive: Fergus's story on the
minister's illegal business dealings was a real scoop for the
paper. 3 (latest) news, (inside) story, revelation, truth,
Colloq latest, low-down, info, dope, Brit gen, US poop: What's
the scoop on that man seen coming out of her bedroom?
--v. 4 Often, scoop up. bail, dip, ladle, spoon: They scooped
up some sand and spread it on the ice for traction. 5 scoop
out. gouge out, excavate, spoon out, hollow out, dig, cut:
Scoop out some melon balls for the fruit salad. 6 scoop up.
pick up, gather (up), sweep up or together, take up or in: He
scooped up the money and ran out of the bank.
scope n. 1 range, reach, field, area, extent, compass, expanse,
breadth, sphere, orbit, span: The scope of her interests
includes both the sciences and the arts. 2 leeway, space, room,
elbow-room, freedom, opportunity, capacity, stretch, latitude,
spread: Have you allowed enough scope for growth?
scorch v. sear, blacken, burn, roast, singe, char: Though scorched in
the fire, the papers were saved intact.
scorching adj. 1 hot, torrid, searing, parching, shrivelling, tropical,
hellish, sizzling, broiling, boiling, sweltering: Scorching
heat waves are dangerous for the very young and the elderly. 2
critical, caustic, scathing, mordant, vituperative, excoriating,
harsh, acrimonious, bitter: The shadow minister for finance