"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline""the teacher gave him a talking to"
3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Verb
1. deliver a lecture or talk;
"She will talk at Rutgers next week""Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
2. 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"