flogging
noun
1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Similar word(s): flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping
Definition categories: act, beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
Sentences with flogging as a noun:
- What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
verb
1. present participle of flog