flogger

[flog-er, flawg-]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flogger¹

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

Example Sentences

"They should lift all restrictions, which were imposed on the flogger and the victim - the flogger is gone now. This issue is not up for negotiation," he said.

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“She definitely knew how to use a flogger and I was like, ‘I wanna be your friend.’

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Their punishment was so great that not one but three masked floggers were on call to split their burdens.

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After Bill Clinton won the presidency, Bossie became one of the biggest floggers of the pseudo scandals that enveloped Bill and Hillary while they were in the White House.

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I nodded, and felt my confidence increase just a tiny bit; if this stranger could possibly imagine me in a room filled with whips and floggers, maybe I wasn’t so lost after all.

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