flogging

3 definitions found

flogging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flog \Flog\ (fl[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged (fl[o^]gd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging (-g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow,
     stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L.
     flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]
     To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to
     chastise with repeated blows.
     [1913 Webster]

  Flogging \Flog"ging\, 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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flogging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flogging
      n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of
           punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging,
           lashing, flagellation]