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flogging
鞭打
Flog v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging ] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
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Flog·ging a. & n. from Flog, v. t.
Flogging chisel Mach., a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings.
Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.
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flogging
n : beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn: whipping, tanning, lashing, flagellation]
flog
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap,
trounce]
2: beat with a cane [syn: cane, lambaste, lambast]
[also: flogging, flogged]