flogging

Other forms of flogging

plural

floggings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flogging

What does flogging mean?

flogging means "beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment".

How many syllables are in flogging?

flogging has 2 syllables: flog-ging. The stress falls on "flog". In IPA it is /ˈflɑɡɪŋ/.

What is another word for flogging?

Close synonyms include whipping, tanning, lashing, flagellation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flogging a common word?

flogging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.