flogging

flog  (flg, flôg)

tr.v. flogged, flog·ging, flogs

1. To beat severely with a whip or rod.

2. Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

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[Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellre; see flagellate.]

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flogger n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flogging - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows self-flagellation - self-punishment inflicted by whipping horsewhipping - the act of whipping with a horsewhip; "that villain needs a good horsewhipping"

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flogging

noun beating, hiding (informal), whipping, lashing, thrashing, caning, scourging, trouncing, flagellation, horsewhipping He urged the restoration of flogging and hanging.

Related words
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Translations

flogging [ˈflɒgɪŋ] N → azotes mpl, flagelación f
to give sb a flogging → azotar or flagelar a algn

flogging [ˈflɒgɪŋ] n

(= form of punishment) → flagellation f

(= beating) [convicted person] → flagellation f
a public flogging → une flagellation publique

flogging

n → Tracht f → Prügel; (Jur) → Prügelstrafe f; (of thief, mutineer) → Auspeitschen nt; to bring back flogging → die Prügelstrafe wieder einführen; a public flogging → eine öffentliche Auspeitschung

flogging [ˈflɒgɪŋ] n → fustigazione f

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flogging [ˈflɒgɪŋ] n → fustigazione f