Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flogger

/flɑɡɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: flog-ger
IPA: /flɑɡɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who flogs.

noun

noun

noun

A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.

Example Sentences

"How could the flogger of urchins be otherwise than animated and joyous?"
"The High Masters were as shrewd floggers as any."
"But the "Sac" party imagines that if the boy had not dropped his whip, their horse would have won, for he was so partial to his flogger, that the Treasure in all probability would have stopped to it, and Custance been just enabled to do him."
"Savanna walked around the stock, unhooking her flogger from her belt."
"Schlepitchka is a texturing trick done by twirling a feather duster or flogger around gently and dabbing it on the surface of the scenery between each twirl of the tool so that the splayed pattern prints on the scenery."

Etymology

From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flog

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /flɑɡɚ/
British English: /flɒɡə/

Inflected Forms

floggers (plural)

Phrases

a hanger and a flogger hanger and flogger

Synonyms

scourger

Questions

How do you pronounce flogger?: The recorded pronunciation is /flɑɡɚ/.
What does flogger mean?: One who flogs.
Where does flogger come from?: From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

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