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chockling

noun

A hectoring or scolding

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Meanings

nounchockling (plural not attested)

UKdialectalno pluralA hectoring or scolding
Synonyms: berating, dirdum, throughgoing, berating, browbeating, chiding, correption, dirdum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hectoring or scolding

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berating browbeating chiding correption dirdum down the banks dressing down going over jawing lecture objurgation rixation scolding sermon throughgoing vituperation

Origin

From chock (“choke”) + -le + -ing.

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APA

chockling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chockling

MLA

“chockling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chockling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chockling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chockling.

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