Flogging

//ˈflɒɡɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. countable, uncountable

    "What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet."

  2. 2
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flog form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier. Australia, colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable

    "Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late."

Synonyms

All synonyms
flagellationwhippingbatterybeatingbeatingcorporal punishment

Example

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"There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other."

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Florentine flogging

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