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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 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.
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.
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. 4. (intransitive) to make progress by painful work. 5.
Definition of flog verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
flog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
FLOG meaning: 1. to hit someone repeatedly as a punishment with something such as a stick 2. to sell something…. Learn 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. 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 ...
