Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give what for

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables
give what -for
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scold; to punish, especially verbally.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives what for (present, singular) giving what for (participle, present) gave what for (past) given what for (participle, past)

Synonyms

penalize teach someone a lesson amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's head have someone's hide

Questions

What does give what for mean?
To scold; to punish, especially verbally.

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