FLOGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flogging mean? 

• FLOGGING (noun)
  The noun FLOGGING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FLOGGING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOGGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping

Hypernyms ("flogging" is a kind of...):

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flogging"):

self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)

horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)

Derivation:

flog (beat severely with a whip or rod)

flog (beat with a cane)

 Context examples 

"See," he said, "they come quickly; they are flogging the horses, and galloping as hard as they can."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A little flogging for man and woman too would be the best way of preventing such things.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)