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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.
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.
Definition of 'flog' Word Frequency. 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]
(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 definition: 1. to hit someone repeatedly as a punishment with something such as a stick 2. to sell something…. Learn more.
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 something to deat...
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.
Jun 2, 2024 · Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers. ( transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something. ( transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
