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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 [flɒg]

vb flogs, flogging, flogged

1. (tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc.

2. (tr) Brit slang to sell

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind

4. (intr) to make progress by painful work

5. NZ to steal

flog a dead horse Chiefly Brit

a.  to harp on some long discarded subject

b.  to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble

flog to death to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he loses interest in it

[probably from Latin flagellāre; see flagellant]

flogger  n

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

1. sell, market, trade, dispose of, put up for sale They are trying to flog their house.

2. beat, whip, lash, thrash, whack, scourge, hit hard, trounce, castigate, chastise, flay, lambast(e), flagellate, punish severely Flog them soundly!

3. strain, drive, tax, push, punish, oppress, overtax, overexert Don't flog yourself. We've got ages.

Translations

flog [flɒg] VT

1. (= whip) → azotar; (= beat) → dar una paliza a
to flog a dead horse → predicar en el desierto, machacar en hierro frío

2. (Brit) (= sell) → vender

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flog [ˈflɒg] vt

(= whip) [+ person] → flageller
to flog a dead horse → s'acharner inutilement

(= sell) → fourguer

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flog

vt

(= beat) → prügeln, schlagen; thief, mutineer → auspeitschen; you’re flogging a dead horse (esp Brit inf) → Sie verschwenden Ihre Zeit

(Brit inf: = sell) → verkloppen, verscherbeln, losschlagen (all inf)

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flog [flɒg] vt → frustare, flagellare
to flog a dead horse (fig, fam) → perdere il proprio tempo
to flog o.s. to death (fig, fam) → ammazzarsi di fatica

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flog

v flog [flog]

to beat; to whip You will be flogged for stealing the money. slaan, afransel, 'n loesing gee يَجْلِد، يَضْرِب بالسَّوْط бия с камшик bičovat banke; piske peitschen μαστιγώνω azotar piitsutama شلاق زدن ruoskia fouetter לְהַלקוֹת कोड़े मारना šibati, bičevati (meg)korbácsol mencambuk hÿða frustare, fustigare むちで打つ 세게 치다, 매질하다 plakti, čaižyti pērt; sist (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.) pukul geselen gi juling, banke opp, denge chłostać chicotear a biciui пороть bičovať naklestiti; bičati išibati prygla, piska เฆี่ยนตี kırbaçlamak, kamçılamak 鞭打 бити, сікти کوڑے سے مارنا quất mạnh 鞭打

n flogging

afranseling; loesing جَلْد، ضَرْب بالسَّوْط бой с камшик bičování bank; pisk die Prügelstrafe μαστίγωμα azotaina rooskamine تنبیه piiskaaminen flagellation הַלקָאָה मारना-पीटना šibanje, bicevanje megkorbácsolás pencambukan barsmíðar, hÿðing frustatura, fustigazione むち打ち 매질, 채찍질 (nu)plakimas pēršana; sišana (ar pātagu, pletni u.tml.) memukul geseling omgang juling/bank chłosta tareia flagelare порка bičovanie šibanje šibanje prygel การเฆี่ยนตี kırbaç/sopa ile dövme 鞭打 биття; тілесне покарання چابک سے مارنے کا عمل sự 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 verspil يَضْرِبُ في حَديد بارِد أي يُثير اهتماما في شيء لم يَعُد مهما старая се напразно mrhat energií tale for døve øren; sælge sin gamle bedstemor sich unnötig abmühen ματαιοπονώ perder el tiempo, machacar en hierro frío asjata vaeva nägema وقت تلف کردن برای چیزی که امیدی به آن نیست yrittää herättää mielenkiintoa turhaan perdre sa peine et son temps לְהִתאַמֵץ לַשָׁווא व्यर्थ का प्रयत्न करना uzalud trošiti energiju, mlatiti praznu slamu falra borsót hány upaya sia-sia beita sér til einskis sforzarsi inutilmente むだ骨を折る 헛수고를 하다 tuščiai stengtis veltīgi šķiest pūles usaha sia-sia vergeefse moeite doen terpe på/mase om noe som for lengst er avgjort męczyć się na próżno malhar em ferro frio a-şi irosi vremea зря тратить силы zbytočne sa namáhať mlatiti v prazno pokušavati nemoguće spilla krut på döda hökar, slå in öppna dörrar พยายามทำสิ่งที่เป็นไปไม่ได้ boşuna/beyhude uğraşmak, akıntıya kürek çekmek 徒勞無益 даремно витрачати сили لاحاصل کوشش phí công vô ích 徒劳无益