Usually means: Reprimands for behavior considered wrong.
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  1. scolds: Merriam-Webster
  2. scolds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scolds: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scolds, scolds: Wordnik
  5. scolds: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scolds: Wiktionary
  7. scolds: Dictionary.com
  8. scolds: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. scolds: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scold)

noun:  A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
verb:  (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
verb:  Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
verb:  Misconstruction of scald [To burn with hot liquid.]
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