noun
flogging
FLO-gihng
Flogging (noun) means a punishment involving repeated whipping or beating. Example: “The mutineer received a flogging in front of the crew.”
noun
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A punishment involving repeated whipping or beating.
"The mutineer received a flogging in front of the crew."
"However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow."
— Alan Wood, Russia’s ‘Wild East’: exile, vagrancy and crime in nineteenth-century Siberia (1991)
How to use flogging
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe act of whipping someone as punishment.
Common pairings
a public flogging
sentenced to a flogging
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- Plural
- floggings
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What does “flogging” mean?
The word “flogging” means a punishment involving repeated whipping or beating. In plain terms, the act of whipping someone as punishment.
How do you pronounce “flogging”?
“Flogging” is pronounced FLO-gihng (/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ in IPA).
How do you use “flogging” in a sentence?
Here is “flogging” used in a sentence: “The mutineer received a flogging in front of the crew.”
What part of speech is “flogging”?
“Flogging” is a noun.
