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flogging

/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/

flogging noun: infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. Also the present participle and gerund of flog.

Noun

flogging (countable and uncountable, plural floggings)

  1. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
    • What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
    • However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.1991, Alan Wood, “Russia’s ‘Wild East’: exile, vagrancy and crime in nineteenth-century Siberia”, in Alan Wood, editor, The History of Siberia: From Russian Conquest to Revolution, London; New York...

Adjective

flogging (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.
    • Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.
    • Cripes, this floggin’ rain’d make you cry, wouldn’t it?1955, D'Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, Sydney, page 122

Also used as

flogging is also the present participle and gerund of flog.

flogging meaning in Arabic

flogging in Arabic

infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
جَلْد jald

Synonyms of flogging

Forms of flogging

pluralfloggings

Words formed from flogging

Phrases with flogging

Words that rhyme with flogging

Questions about flogging

What does flogging mean?
Flogging means infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
What is flogging in Arabic?
Flogging in Arabic is جَلْد (jald). See Flogging meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is flogging?
Flogging can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce flogging?
Flogging is pronounced /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/.
What is the plural of flogging?
The plural of flogging is floggings.

Words near flogging in the dictionary

  1. floggee
  2. floggees
  3. flogger
  4. floggers
  5. floggeth
  6. flogging
  7. flogging a dead horse
  8. flogging a dead pony
  9. flogging someone round the fleet
  10. flogging the bishop
  11. flogging the clock

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