The Clue
Stern reprimand (7 letter answer)
The Answer
LECTURE
Tags
Notes
The answer LECTURE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Definition
LECTURE as a noun:
1. (lecture, public lecture, talk) = a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
2. (lecture, speech, talking to) = a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
3. (lecture, lecturing) = teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
LECTURE as a verb:
1. (lecture, talk) = deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
2. (call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast) = censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"