Flogging physicist (7)
I believe the answer is:
hawking
This could be a double definition.
'flogging' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'physicist' is the second definition.
(I know that Hawking is a physicist)
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hawking that I've seen before include "clearing his throat noisily" , "Falconry - "Brief History" author" , "Physicist" , "Peddling" , "Cosmologist attracted to 6 [BLACKHOLE] s" .)