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Webster 1913 Edition


Flogging

Flog′ging

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Flog
,
Verb.
T.
Flogging chisel
(Mach.)
,
a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings.
Flogging hammer
,
a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flogging

FLOG'GING

,
ppr.
Whipping for punishment; chastising.

FLOG'GING

,
Noun.
A whipping for punishment.

Definition 2024


flogging

flogging

English

Noun

flogging (countable and uncountable, plural floggings)

  1. 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.

Translations

Verb

flogging

  1. present participle of flog