1. Reprimand
   "The teacher told off the students for their disruptive behaviour";
   - brush down, tick off [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: tells off, telling off, told off

Type of: bawl out [informal], berate, call down [informal], call on the carpet [US, informal], carpet [Brit, informal], chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], chide, dress down [informal], have words, jaw [informal], lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], rebuke, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce, wig [Brit, informal]