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# flogging

noun (a flogging, floggings); also the -ing form of flog

«flogging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A beating with a whip or stick as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#m1)
2. (informal) Selling something: «flogging old toys». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#m2)
3. (informal) A heavy defeat in sport: «They got a flogging». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history: «a public flogging» was a cruel punishment. In sport talk, especially in the UK, Australia and NZ, «a flogging» means a big loss. In informal talk, «flogging stuff» means selling it.

### Examples

- Flogging was a common punishment on old ships. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x1)
- (informal) Our team got a flogging, ten nil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x2)
- He's been flogging cakes at the market all morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x3)
- Public flogging is now banned in most countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x4)
- The book described a cruel flogging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x5)
- (informal) That was a real flogging — we lost by fifty points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x6)
- And as the picture made no reply, he tore it down from the wall, set it on a cart and drove it away, flogging it as he went, and crying-- [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. Double g. The punishment sense is serious and cruel; the sport and selling senses are informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flogging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flogging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flogging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flogging.html) on Mova free.