flogger

Noun

Meaning

A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scourger cape hangman lasher suit jacket frock cloak trench wrap executioner robber brunt burglar overcoat
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Antonyms

bear police prey sponsor plod victim

Hypernyms

torturer

Examples

The props she may brandish will strongly signify her role as dominatrix, such as bearing a flogger whip or riding crop as illustrated in the artwork of Bruno Zach in the early 20th century, citation citation in conventional representation. Source: Internet

K. tries to argue with the flogger, saying that the men need not be whipped, but the flogger cannot be swayed. Source: Internet

Later, in a store room at his own bank, K. discovers the two agents who arrested him being whipped by a flogger for asking K. for bribes and as a result of complaints K. made at court. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

floggable flogged floggee flogging flogging a dead horse flogging the bishop