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FLOGGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Synonyms:
flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb flog
