What For
"What For" is a
single by
Mancunian band
James, released in 1988 by
Sire Records, the first after an enforced eighteen-month hiatus and also the first release featuring material off their their forthcoming album
Strip-mine. Both the title track and one of the two additional tracks, "Not There" were included on Strip-mine, while the other track, "Island Swing" remains otherwise unreleased. "What For" was also included on the compilation Just Say Yo and reached the 33rd spot on
John Peel's
Festive Fifty of 1988.
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what for
Noun
1. a strong reprimand
(hypernym) rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
what for
Synonyms and related words:
ass-reaming, bawling-out, castigation, chastening, chastisement, chewing, condign punishment, correction, cussing-out, deserts, disciplinary measures, discipline, dressing, dressing-down, excuse, explanation, ferule, for which, for why, from what cause, going-over, how come, infliction, jacking-up, judgment, judicial punishment, nemesis, on what account, pains, pains and punishments, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalty, penology, pourquoi, pretense, pretext, punishment, punition, raking-down, rational ground, rationale, reaming, reaming-out, reason, reason for, reason why, retribution, retributive justice, roasting, scourge, setdown, speaking-to, stated cause, talking-to, the big idea, the idea, the whatfor, the wherefore, the why, underlying reason, well-deserved punishment, wherefore, why, whyever, whyfor
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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Eng: what for
Urdu: جِسمانی سزا ۔ شدید ملامت ۔ کوئی تکلیف دہ سبق ۔