A British dialectal noun meaning a hectoring, scolding, or nagging — the kind of persistent telling-off that goes on and on. Found in older English dialect use. The word has an expressive, onomatopoeic quality that conveys the pecking, repetitive nature of scolding.
He'd had a full chockling from his mother by the time he arrived, and it hadn't improved his mood.
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(UK, dialectal) A hectoring or scolding.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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