flogging (root: flog)

POS

Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

flog=ging

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun flogging has 1 sense

flogging(n = noun.act) flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment;

is a kind of beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking

has particulars: self-flagellation, horsewhipping

Derived forms verb flog₁, verb flog₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

flogging, a. & n.

from Flog, v. t. [1913 Webster]

Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. -- Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

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