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flogging

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AA1 G IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable

Examples

  • Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flipping, freaking, fricking, frigging, fugging

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whipping, flagellation, scourging

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of flog

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whipping, tanning, lashing, flagellation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking

Narrower terms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fshikullim — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Arabic: جَلْد (jald) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Armenian: ծեծ (cec) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Old Armenian: գան (gan) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞭打 (biāndǎ) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Finnish: ruoskinta — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • French: flagellation — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Georgian: გამათრახება (gamatraxeba) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Georgian: გაწკეპლვა (gac̣ḳeṗlva) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Georgian: გაროზგვა (garozgva) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Georgian: ფლაგელაცია (plagelacia) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • German: Auspeitschung — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: ostorozás — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: korbácsolás — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: vesszőzés — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: megostorozás — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: megkorbácsolás — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Hungarian: megvesszőzés — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Italian: fustigazione — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Italian: flagellazione — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Japanese: 鞭打ち (muchiuchi) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Norman: chîngneuse — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Polish: chłosta — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Portuguese: açoitamento — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Portuguese: açoutamento — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Russian: по́рка (pórka) — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Spanish: azotamiento — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Spanish: azotada — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Spanish: azotaina — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Swedish: prygel — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Swedish: aga — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Turkish: kamçılama — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping
  • Turkish: kırbaçlama — infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping