flogging
1FLOGGING — FLOGGING, punishment by beating or whipping. This at all times has been the instinctive way to inflict disciplinary punishment : a parent disciplines his son by beating him (cf. Deut. 8:5; 21:18; Prov. 19:18; 23:13–14; 29:17) as does a master his …
2Flogging — 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. [1913 Webster] …
3flogging — ▪ punishment also called whipping or caning a beating administered with a whip or rod, with blows commonly directed to the person s back. It was imposed as a form of judicial punishment and as a means of maintaining discipline in… …
4flogging — UK [ˈflɒɡɪŋ] / US [ˈflɑɡɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms flogging : singular flogging plural floggings a punishment in which someone is hit many times with a stick or whip …
5Flogging — 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… …
6flogging — 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 …
7Flogging — (adj., adv.) euphemism for the word fucking , used as an intensifier: Starve the flogging crows! …
8flogging — Australian Slang (adj, adv.) euphemism for the word fucking , used as an intensifier: Starve the flogging crows! …
9Flogging Molly — performing live in Baltimore, MD, in February 2010 Background information Origin Los Angeles, California, United …
10Flogging Molly — en concert Pays d’origine …