Word: birching
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bir
ching
Definition: A beating with a birch.
Morphemes:
Affix: birch
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.