flogger
Americannoun
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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.
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a whip used to beat a partner for mutual sexual gratification.
Many dominants are attached to a favorite flogger or pair of restraints.
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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.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of flogger
First recorded in 1700–10; flog ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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F-15 is the only aircraft that may be capable of outperforming the MIG-23 "Flogger," which threatens to be Israel's scourge in the air.
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One version of the Flogger can carry nuclear weapons, and its presence in the Caribbean would be a serious violation of the 1962 Kennedy-Khrushchev agreement that ended the Cuban missile crisis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lead Tomcat closed on the remaining Flogger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Castro also took the opportunity to scoff at Washington's concern over the disclosure that the Soviet Union had delivered 20 high-powered MiG-23 Flogger jets to Havana.
From Time Magazine Archive
All three compete favorably with the Soviet Union's new MIG-23 Flogger and even with the MIG-25 Foxbat at altitudes up to 50,000 ft.
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