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fagging

English

Verb

fagging

  1. present participle of fag

Noun

fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)

  1. (Britain, historical, education) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
    • 1841, The English Journal (volume 1, page 222)
      We are happy we never had anything to do with faggings and floggings. We can well remember the terrific impression they made on our mind, as our friends were afflicted by them.
    • 1922, Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt, Record of Christian Work (volume 41, page 343)
      The public schoolboy is taught to bear whippings and faggings without murmuring.

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gagging

English

Etymology

From gag +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??æ???/

Verb

gagging

  1. present participle of gag

Derived terms

  • gagging for it
  • gagging order

Noun

gagging (plural gaggings)

  1. A gag motion or reflex.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
      She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.

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