flogging
nounUK /ˈflɒɡ.ɪŋ/
US /ˈflɑː.ɡɪŋ/
the act of hitting someone many times with a stick or whip as a punishment.
In the old days, sailors could be given a flogging for breaking the rules.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. a severe defeat in a game or contest.
Our team took a flogging in the final match.
3. hard, tiring work.
Cleaning the whole house was real flogging.
4. the practice of selling something aggressively or persistently.
He made his money through the flogging of cheap watches online.