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- Dictionaryflog/flɒɡ/
verb
- 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment: "the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead" Similar
- 2. sell or offer for sale: informal British "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies" Similar
noun
- 1. an arduous climb or struggle: informal British "a long flog up the mountainside"
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FLOG definition: 1. to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick…. Learn more.
The meaning of FLOG is to beat with or as if with a rod or whip. How to use flog in a sentence.
Flog definition: to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge. . See examples of FLOG used in a sentence.
To flog is to beat or hit, especially with a tool like a stick or rod. A cruel trainer might flog an unruly horse with a whip. When you flog someone, you beat them as a way of punishing or controlling them.
(informal) to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible. flog something to death. (British English, informal) to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting. The story has been flogged to death in the press. See flog in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: flog.
flog. (flɒg ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense flogs , present participle flogging , past tense, past participle flogged. 1. verb. If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it. [British, informal] They are trying to flog their house. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sell, market, trade, dispose of More Synonyms of flog. 2. verb.
1. ( tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc. 2. ( tr) slang Brit to sell. 3. (Nautical Terms) ( intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind. 4. ( intr) to make progress by painful work. 5. NZ to steal. 6. flog a dead horse chiefly. a. to harp on some long discarded subject.
FLOG definition: 1. to hit someone repeatedly as a punishment with something such as a stick 2. to sell something…. Learn more.
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ verb (flogged, flogging) [ transitive] 1 to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick He was publicly flogged and humiliated. 2 informal to sell something I’m going to flog all my old video tapes. see thesaurus at sell 3 → be flogging a dead horse 4 → flog ...
