bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chaffer; chat; chatter; chew; chew out; chew the fat; chew up; chide; chit-chat; chitchat; claver; confab; confabulate; dress down; gossip; have words; lambast; lambaste; lecture; manducate; masticate; natter; rag; rattle on; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; shoot the breeze; take to task; trounce; visit; yack; yack away; yap away;