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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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

flog [flɔg] vtazotar;
(col) → vender
flog [flɔg] vtfouetter
flog [flɔg] vtauspeitschen;
(inf) (sell) → verscherbeln
flog [flɔg] vtflagellare

flog
v flog [flog]
to beat; to whip You will be flogged for stealing the money.slaan, afransel, 'n loesing geeيَجْلِد، يَضْرِب بالسَّوْطбия с камшикbičovatbanke; piskepeitschenμαστιγώνωazotarpiitsutamaشلاق زدنruoskia, piiskatafouetterלְהַלקוֹתकोड़े मारनाšibati, bičevati(meg)korbácsolmencambukhÿðafrustare, fustigareむちで打つ(매·채찍으로) 때리다plakti, čaižytipērt; sist (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.)pukulgeselengi juling, banke opp, dengechłostaćchicoteara biciuiпоротьbičovaťnaklestiti; bičatiišibatiprygla, piskaเฆี่ยนตีkırbaçlamak, kamçılamak鞭打бити, сіктиکوڑے سے مارناquất mạnh
n ˈflogging
afranseling; loesingجَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْطбой с камшикbičováníbank; piskdie Prügelstrafeμαστίγωμαazotainarooskamineتنبیهpiiskaaminenflagellationהַלקָאָהमारना-पीटनाšibanje, bicevanjemegkorbácsoláspencambukanbarsmíðar, hÿðingfrustatura, fustigazioneむち打ち매질, 채찍질(nu)plakimaspēršana; sišana (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.)memukulgeselingomgang juling/bankchłostatareiaflagelareпоркаbičovaniešibanješibanjeprygelการเฆี่ยนตีkırbaç/sopa ile dövme鞭打биття; тілесне покаранняچابک سے مارنے کا عملsự quất bằng roi; trận đòn
flog a dead horse
to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost. vergeefse werk doen; jou kragte verspilيَضْرِبُ في حَديد بارِد أي يُثير اهتماما في شيء لم يَعُد مهماстарая се напразноmrhat energiítale for døve øren; sælge sin gamle bedstemorsich unnötig abmühenματαιοπονώperder el tiempo, machacar en hierro fríoasjata vaeva nägemaوقت تلف کردن برای چیزی که امیدی به آن نیستtuhlata ruutia harakoihinperdre sa peine et son tempsלְהִתאַמֵץ לַשָׁוואव्यर्थ का प्रयत्न करनाuzalud trošiti energiju, mlatiti praznu slamufalra borsót hányupaya sia-siabeita sér til einskissforzarsi inutilmenteむだ骨を折る헛수고하다tuščiai stengtisveltīgi šķiest pūlesusaha sia-siavergeefse moeite doenterpe /for lengst mase om noe som er avgjortmęczyć się na próżnomalhar em ferro frioa-şi irosi vremeaзря тратить силыzbytočne sa namáhaťmlatiti v praznopokušavati nemogućespilla krut på döda hökar, slå in öppna dörrarพยายามทำสิ่งที่เป็นไปไม่ได้boşuna/beyhude uğraşmak, akıntıya kürek çekmek徒勞無益даремно витрачати силиلاحاصل کوششphí công vô ích

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