" flogger "

1: a long thin or flexible tool for striking;

  * e.g., " ... a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly "

•  Synonyms : 

•  lash,

•  scourge,

•  switch,

•  whip

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible;

  * e.g., " ... a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders "

•  Synonyms : 

•  birch,

•  cowhide,

•  flagellate,

•  flail,

•  hide,

•  horsewhip,

•  lash,

•  leather,

•  rawhide,

•  scourge,

•  slash,

•  switch,

•  tan,

•  thrash,

•  whale,

•  whip

•  Antonyms : 

•  breeze,

•  coast,

•  glide,

•  slide,

•  waltz,

•  whisk

2: to strike repeatedly;

  * e.g., " ... was fined heavily for flogging a horse "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bash,

•  baste,

•  bat,

•  batter,

•  beat,

•  belabor,

•  belt,

•  birch,

•  bludgeon,

•  buffet,

•  bung up,

•  club,

•  curry,

•  do,

•  drub,

•  fib,

•  hammer,

•  hide,

•  lace,

•  lambaste,

•  lash,

•  lather,

•  lick,

•  maul,

•  mess (up),

•  paddle,

•  pelt,

•  pommel,

•  pound,

•  pummel,

•  punch out,

•  rough (up),

•  slate,

•  slog,

•  switch,

•  tan,

•  thrash,

•  thresh,

•  thump,

•  tromp,

•  wallop,

•  whale,

•  whip,

•  whop,

•  whup,

•  work over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to move heavily or clumsily;

  * e.g., " ... for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child "

•  Synonyms : 

•  barge,

•  clump,

•  flounder,

•  galumph,

•  lumber,

•  lump,

•  plod,

•  pound,

•  scuff,

•  scuffle,

•  shamble,

•  shuffle,

•  slog,

•  slough,

•  stamp,

•  stomp,

•  stumble,

•  stump,

•  tramp,

•  tromp,

•  trudge

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)