'Flogging' definitions:
Definition of 'flogging'
From: WordNet
noun
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation]
Definition of 'Flogging'
From: GCIDE
- Flogging \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]
Definition of 'Flogging'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]