flogger

American  

[flog-er, flawg-] / ˈflɒg ər, ˈflɔg- /

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.

2. 1. a whip used to beat a partner for mutual sexual gratification.

      Many dominants are attached to a favorite flogger or pair of restraints.

   2. 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.

3. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of flogger

First recorded in 1700–10; flog ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Explaining a flogger whip to my children would be easier than explaining how such a poor quality book made it into print having clearly never been anywhere near an editor.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2012

Nuvolari, now 60 and retired, was "hard on his mounts, a great flogger of automobiles, a car killer."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Haddon seconded the hard-hearted Sir William Petre, and adduced as an evidence that the best schoolmaster then in England was the hardest flogger.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Mr. Haddon seconded the hard-hearted Sir William Petre, and adduced, as an evidence, that the best schoolmaster then in England was the hardest flogger.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

If the accused flogger is shocked or indignant at the idea I should be inclined to think that the accusation was a just one.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

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