Flogging - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Flogging :  (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

Flogging : \Flog"ging\, a. & n. from Flog, v. t.

Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings.

Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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