flogging
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
adj
- A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.
“Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.”
“Cripes, this floggin’ rain’d make you cry, wouldn’t it?”
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.”
“However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of flog