flogging

About 0.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. adjective A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

   Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.

3. verb present participle and gerund of flog

Similar words

whipping flagellation lashing whiplash caning lash whip leather skin torture

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