flogging — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   whippingflagellationscourging

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.

Adjective

1. A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Colloquial
   • euphemistic
   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   flippingfreakingfrickingfriggingfugging

   Examples

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

   Cripes, this floggin’ rain’d make you cry, wouldn’t it?

Noun

1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Synonyms

   whippingtanninglashingflagellation

   Broader terms

   beatingthrashinglickingdrubbinglacingtrouncingwhacking