flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
flaying
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present participleof flay.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Babar followed suit, flaying the ball all over, while his opposite number stood, arms crossed, chewing his lip, wondering what he could do.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021
Both the show, which employed different hosts over the years, and Carlson’s contract, were canceled not long after, by some accounts as a direct result of the flaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
By combining rapid-fire wordplay, historical japery, the subversion of middle-class mores and the flaying of upper-class twits, Monty Python “took silliness to renaissance levels,” Thompson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
I was 63 not out and batting beautifully, flaying Weston Creek fifths all over Rivett Oval.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019
There will be no flaying here whilst I am Prince of Winterfell, Theon had responded, little dreaming how short his rule would prove.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
