flogger

[ flog-er, flawg- ]
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noun
  1. a person who beats another with a whip or stick, especially as punishment: Each of the detained offenders received ten strokes of a rattan cane from a masked and hooded flogger.

    • a whip used to beat a partner for mutual sexual gratification: Many dominants are attached to a favorite flogger or pair of restraints.

    • a person who beats a partner for mutual sexual gratification: Since some floggers are rougher than others, give judicious consideration to which of you is to flog the other.

  1. Slang. a person who promotes, advertises, or sells something, especially vigorously or aggressively: These stickers can be used to keep floggers from coming to your door to cajole and bully you into signing up for bad deals.

Origin of flogger

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First recorded in 1700–10; flog + -er1

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How to use flogger in a sentence

  • The sentence of the court was carried out by a scourger, sometimes called flagellator, or flogger.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
  • They were friends of the Bartons, and Old John, the ex-flogger, trained them in the art of cattle-lifting.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
  • It was generally given out as "piece work" to one man, the "master-flogger," as you might term him, who employed the others.

  • Two should hold her by the arms while the professional flogger seared the white soft back of her.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
  • I no more care for a flogging than a boy does at Eton: and only let the flogger beware—I will be a match for him, I warrant you.