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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.

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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

flog [flɔg] vt → fouetter

flog [flɔg] vt → auspeitschen;

(inf) (sell) → verscherbeln

flog [flɔg] vt → flagellare

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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鞭打

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鞭打

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 på/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徒劳无益