floggingnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈflɒɡ.ɪŋ/us/ˈflɑː.ɡɪŋ/a punishment in which someone is beaten severely with a whip or a stick
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flay
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- screw
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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