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/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
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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
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
present participle and gerund of flog
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
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