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flog

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flog  (flg, flôg)
tr.v. flogged, flog·ging, flogs
1. To beat severely with a whip or rod.
2. Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

[Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellre; see flagellate.]

flogger n.

flog
Verb
[flogging, flogged]
1. to beat harshly, esp. with a whip or stick
2. (sometimes foll. by off)informal to sell
3. Austral & NZ informal to steal
4. flog a dead horse Chiefly Brit to waste one's energy [probably from Latin flagellare]
flogging n
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Verb1.flogflog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
leather - whip with a leather strap
horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses
switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod
cowhide - flog with a cowhide
cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
birch - whip with a birch twig
2.flog - beat with a cane
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

flog
verb beat, whip, lash, thrash, whack, scourge, hit hard, trounce, castigate, chastise, flay, lambast(e), flagellate, punish severely, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
Translations
Spanish flog [flɔg] vtazotar;
(col) → vender

French flog [flɔg] vtfouetter
German flog [flɔg] vtauspeitschen;
(inf) (sell) → verscherbeln

Italian flog [flɔg] vtflagellare

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We live in freedom, but you bow down to and slave for men, who in return for your services flog you with whips and put collars on your necks.
The new bit was very painful, and I reared up suddenly, which angered him still more, and he began to flog me.
While if you stick to consciousness, even though the same result is attained, you can at least flog yourself at times, and that will, at any rate, liven you up.
 
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