flogging
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word flogging. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word flogging, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say flogging in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word flogging you have here. The definition of the word flogging will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offlogging, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡɪŋ
Noun
flogging (countable and uncountable, plural floggings)
- Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
- Synonyms: whipping, flagellation, scourging
- What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
- 1991, Alan Wood, The History of Siberia: from Russian conquest to revolution:
- However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.
Derived terms
Translations
infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
|
Verb
flogging
- present participle and gerund of flog