flogging
noun/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
Definitions
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.
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?
present participle and gerund of flog
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for flogging. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA