"flogger" meaning in English

See flogger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɒɡə/ [UK], /flɑɡɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flogger.wav Forms: floggers [plural]
Etymology: From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flog|er|id2=agent noun}} flog + -er, {{cog|nds|flogger|t=a flail}} Low German flogger (“a flail”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flogger (plural floggers)
  1. One who flogs.
    Sense id: en-flogger-en-noun-7QDMYq6y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 2 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 65 4 13 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 5 14 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 3 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 3 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 72 4 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 4 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 3 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 4 10 14
  2. A whip.
    Sense id: en-flogger-en-noun-l6muf0jp
  3. A whip.
    (BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.
    Categories (topical): BDSM Translations (lightweight whip): multrimenilo (Esperanto), hapsupiiska (Finnish), martinet [masculine] (French), fustigatore (Italian), castigatore [masculine] (Italian), flagellatore [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-flogger-en-noun-sXlMMbTK Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'lightweight whip': 4 37 54 5
  4. (theater) A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-flogger-en-noun-x8onFl-t Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a hanger and a flogger, hanger and flogger

Inflected forms

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