a punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick
public floggings
flogging was the principal form of military punishment
beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment
the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead
sell or offer for sale
he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies
make one's way with strenuous effort
by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag