A Topical Dictionary: Search for flog

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
In the Context of To sell something.
In the Context of To steal something.
In the Context of To defeat.

Synonyms

(1) whip

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish: ruoskia, piiskata, piestä

Spanish: azotar

German

Verb form

flog

past tense of fliegen

Category:German verb forms

fr:flog ko:flog io:flog hu:flog pl:flog te:flog vi:flog vo:flog zh:flog

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flog \Flog\ (fl[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged (fl[o^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging (-g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow,
stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L.
flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]
To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to
chastise with repeated blows.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet flog
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap,
trounce]
2: beat with a cane [syn: cane, lambaste, lambast]
[also: flogging, flogged]

Moby Dictionary
baste , bastinado , beat , belabor , belt , birch , buffet , cane ,
castigate , chastise , club , cowhide , cudgel , cut , drub , flagellate ,
flail , flay , fustigate , give a whipping , give the stick , goad ,
hide , horsewhip , knout , lace , larrup , lash , lather , lay on , needle ,
nudge , pistol-whip , poke , pommel , prick , prod , promote , publicize ,
pummel , punish , rawhide , scourge , sell , smite , spank , spur , sting ,
strap , stripe , swinge , switch , thrash , thresh , thump , trounce ,
truncheon , wallop , whale , whip , whop