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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Flogging
//ˈflɒɡɪŋ//
Synonyms for "flogging" (22 found)
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Translations
32 translations across 18 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fshikullim noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Armenian
1 entries- ծեծ noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鞭打 noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Finnish
1 entries- ruoskinta noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
French
1 entries- flagellation noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Georgian
4 entries- გამათრახება noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- გაროზგვა noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- გაწკეპლვა noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- ფლაგელაცია noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
German
1 entries- Auspeitschung noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Hungarian
4 entries- korbácsolás noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- megkorbácsolás noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- megostorozás noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- megvesszőzés noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Italian
2 entries- flagellazione noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- fustigazione noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Japanese
1 entries- 鞭打ち noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Norman
1 entries- chîngneuse noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Old Armenian
1 entries- գան noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Polish
1 entries- chłosta noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Portuguese
2 entries- açoitamento noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- açoutamento noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Russian
1 entries- по́рка noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Spanish
3 entries- azotada noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- azotaina noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- azotamiento noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Swedish
2 entries- aga noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- prygel noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Turkish
2 entries- kamçılama noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
- kırbaçlama noun (infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You're flogging a dead horse.
Source: tatoeba (5787428)
Twitter is where reporters are hanging out all day and flogging their stories.
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Without an order from the commander, no one must dare to bring hay, matting, straw, or other such flammable items onto the ship, under penalty of a fine, officers subject to deduction of a month's salary, and enlisted men to be punished by flogging at the mast.
Source: tatoeba (10544479)
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