flogging

flog

 (flŏg, 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 flagellāre; see flagellate.]

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flog′ger n.

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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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flogging

noun

A punishment dealt with blows or lashes:

beating, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping.

Informal: trimming.

Slang: licking.

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Translations

جَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْط

bičování

bankpisk

Prügelstrafe

flagellation

megkorbácsolás

barsmíîar, hÿîing

omgang juling

bičovanie

kırbaç/sopa ile dövme

鞭打

flogging

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flogging

[ˈflɒgɪŋ] n

(= form of punishment) → flagellation f

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flogging

[ˈflɒgɪŋ] n → fustigazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flog

(flog) verb – past tense, past participle flogged –

to beat; to whip. You will be flogged for stealing the money. slaan, afransel, 'n loesing gee يَجْلِد، يَضْرِب بالسَّوْط бия с камшик chicotear bičovat peitschen banke; piske μαστιγώνωazotar piitsutama شلاق زدن ruoskia fouetter לְהַלקוֹת कोड़े मारना šibati, bičevati (meg)korbácsol mencambuk hÿða frustare, fustigare むちで打つ 세게 치다, 매질하다 plakti, čaižyti pērt; sist (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.) pukul geselengi juling, banke opp, denge chłostać په مترو كه وهل، وهل chicotear a biciui пороть bičovať naklestiti; bičati išibati prygla, piska เฆี่ยนตี kırbaçlamak, kamçılamak 鞭打 бити, сікти کوڑے سے مارنا quất mạnh 鞭打

ˈflogging noun

afranseling; loesing جَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْط бой с камшик surra bičování die Prügelstrafe bank; pisk μαστίγωμα azotaina rooskamine تنبیه ruoskinta flagellationהלקאה मारना-पीटना šibanje, bicevanje megkorbácsolás pencambukan barsmíðar, hÿðing frustatura, fustigazione むち打ち 채찍질 (nu)plakimas pēršana; sišana (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.) memukul geseling omgang juling/bank chłosta تنبیه tareia flagelare порка bičovanie šibanje šibanje prygel การเฆี่ยนตี kırbaç/sopa ile dövme 鞭打 биття; тілесне покарання چابک سے مارنے کا عمل sự quất bằng roi; trận đòn 鞭打

flog a dead horse

to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost. vergeefse werk doen; jou kragte verspil يَضْرِبُ في حَديد بارِد أي يُثير اهتماما في شيء لم يَعُد مهما старая се напразно chutar cachorro morto mrhat energií sich unnötig abmühen tale for døve øren; sælge sin gamle bedstemor ματαιοπονώ perder el tiempo, machacar en hierro frío asjata vaeva nägema وقت تلف کردن برای چیزی که امیدی به آن نیست yrittää herättää mielenkiintoa turhaan perdre sa peine et son temps לְהִתאַמֵץ לַשָׁווא व्यर्थ का प्रयत्न करना uzalud trošiti energiju, mlatiti praznu slamu falra borsót hány upaya sia-sia beita sér til einskis sforzarsi inutilmente むだ骨を折る 헛수고를 하다 tuščiai stengtis veltīgi šķiest pūles usaha sia-sia vergeefse moeite doen terpe på/mase om noe som for lengst er avgjort męczyć się na próżno وخت تیرول malhar em ferro frio a-şi irosi vremea зря тратить силы zbytočne sa namáhať mlatiti v prazno pokušavati nemoguće spilla krut på döda hökar, slå in öppna dörrar ปลุกผี boşuna/beyhude uğraşmak, akıntıya kürek çekmek 徒勞無益 даремно витрачати сили لاحاصل کوشش phí công vô ích 徒劳无益

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