Other meaning of 一顿 besides relating to meals

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I have the following sentence:

老师把学生批评了一顿

Google's only translation of 一顿 on its own returns 'A meal' or 'a spanking' which is the meaning discussed in other posts.

Here it seems like it means a little bit, or slightly, but can anyone offer a clearer picture?

For references, I took it from Peking Uni Youtube class for HSK5 (5:22)

一顿 usually indicates "enough amount of", instead of "a little of". This student must have suffered a lot if you say "批评了一顿". — River, Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 14:58
@River Don't want to argue, but 一顿 doesn't necessarily indicate the sense of 'enough'. To me, it's just a normal measure word for 打，揍，批评，etc. 'enough' or 'suffer a lot' might be a bit overstated, but that could be just me. — dan, Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 23:14
@dan I agree, 一頓飯 in Cantonese is 一餐飯, with 餐 as the classifier for 'dinner' and dinner can be big or small, long or short. 揍了一頓 = 打咗一餐 — Tang Ho, Commented Jul 11, 2020 at 6:11
example: 他被打了一顿 > 他被打了一下. For a big or small meal, if you consider it as a meal it is a meal. But for spanking, it has to be accumulated to a certain amount to be considered as a session. — River, Commented Jul 11, 2020 at 18:16

000 · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-10 13:41:17Z

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In Taiwan, according to dictionary owned by Ministry of Education.

一頓 means:

表示數量，一次、一回。

(Denote quantity, one session.)

answered Jul 10, 2020 at 13:32

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Siwei · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-12 01:32:16Z

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一顿 means " a big amount", "enough amount"...

e.g.

OK, there's a exception:

In other case:

answered Jul 11, 2020 at 3:11

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I see in your example 使劲吃了一顿大餐 means "eat a lot". However, if I only say: 我吃了一顿饭，how do you know I've eaten a big amount of food? 一顿 itself doesn't connote anything big. However, the words 狠狠, 使劲, 大餐 makes it a big deal.
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