To inflict hurt, harm, or punishment upon (a person); to deal severely or hardly with (persons or things); †to cut off, cause to die.

to punish soundly.

transitive. To punish excessively or more than is deserved.

to give (a person) hell: (a) to give (a person) an unpleasant time, to make (a person) suffer; (b) to give (a person) one's best effort.

slang (chiefly British). to give a person what for: to inflict severe pain or chastisement on a person; also in extended use; similarly to get wha…

Military. To punish (an enemy) severely.

colloquial. to get (also catch, take) it in the neck: to be hit hard (by something); to be severely reprimanded or punished. to give it in the neck…

intransitive. With on, upon. To punish or reprimand someone severely.

transitive. To hit on the head.

transitive. To reprimand severely; to punish Military slang (chiefly Nautical).

transitive. Chiefly British. To punish severely, to subject to rough treatment; to use excessively or carelessly.

A beating, a thrashing; punishment. Frequently in to gie (or give) (someone) laldy and to get laldy. Now chiefly figurative, esp. in to gie (or give…