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- DictionaryFlog/fläɡ/
verb
- 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture: "the stolen horses will be returned and the thieves flogged"
- 2. sell or offer for sale: informal British "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies"
1. a. : to beat with or as if with a rod or whip. The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny. b. : to criticize harshly. He was flogged in the press for failing to take action. 2. : to force or urge into action : drive. 3. a. chiefly British : to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally.
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.
Flog definition: to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge. . See examples of FLOG used in a sentence.
to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick, as a punishment: Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Punishing by causing pain. birch.
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 in British English. (flɒɡ ) verb Word forms: flogs, flogging, flogged. 1. (transitive) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc. 2. (transitive) British slang. to sell. 3. (intransitive) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind.
Definition of flog verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To beat with a strap, stick, whip, etc., esp. as punishment. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To actively promote or deal in. Webster's New World. To publicize aggressively. Flogging a new book. American Heritage. To use something to extreme; to abuse.
FLOG meaning: 1. to hit someone repeatedly as a punishment with something such as a stick 2. to sell something…. Learn more.
flog. 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 ...
