floggings
Meaning of floggings
verb, plural noun
- beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.
the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead
- sell or offer for sale.
he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies
- make one's way with strenuous effort.
by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.
plural noun- a punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick.
public floggings
flogging was the principal form of military punishment
Information about floggings
- The singular form of floggings is: flogging.
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Hyphenation of floggings
flog-gings
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- floggings is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
floggings synonyms
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning whip (someone) as a punishment:
Meaning flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:
Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:
Meaning beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:
Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:
Meaning beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment:
Meaning beat (someone) with a strip of leather:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning beat or thrash (someone):
Meaning give or hand over (something) in exchange for money:
Meaning offer (small items) for sale, either from a stall or from a slot machine:
Meaning sell (goods) to the public by retail:
Meaning try to sell (something, especially small goods) by going from place to place:
Meaning (of a person) hunt game with a trained hawk:
Meaning publicize information about (a vacancy):
Meaning promote the use, sale, or acceptance of:
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