Definition of "flogging" in English

noun

1. 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.

adjective

1. (Australia, colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

   • Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of flog