flog

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.

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

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flogger n.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	flog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap 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 cane, lambast, lambaste 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"

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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

flog [flɔg] vt → azotar;

(col) → vender

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flog [flɔg] vt → fouetter

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flog [flɔg] vt → auspeitschen;

(inf) (sell) → verscherbeln

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flog [flɔg] vt → flagellare