telling-off - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - televangelist
  - televise
  - television
  - televisual
  - telework
  - telex
  - telic
  - tell
  - teller
  - telling
  - telling-off
  - telltale
  - tellurate
  - tellurian
  - telluric
  - telluric acid
  - telluride
  - tellurium
  - telly
  - telnet
  - telomere
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

telling-off

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
telling-off

▶noun (pl. tellings-off) Brit. informal a reprimand.

'telling-off' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "telling-off" in the title:

got told off and telling-off
to a telling off from two policemen?

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "telling-off" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "telling-off" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.