flog

[flog, flawg]

verb (used with object)

flogged, flogging 

1. to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.

   Synonyms: lash, thrash

2. Slang.

   1. to sell, especially aggressively or vigorously.

   2. to promote; publicize.

flog

/ flɒɡ /

verb

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

2. slang,  (tr) to sell

3. (intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind

4. (intr) to make progress by painful work

5. to steal

6. 1. to harp on some long discarded subject

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

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

Other Word Forms

• flogging noun
• flogger noun
• floggable adjective
• overflog verb (used with object)
• unfloggable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flog¹

First recorded in 1670–80; perhaps blend of flay and jog, variant of jag ¹ “to prick, slash”; but flagellate

Word History and Origins

Origin of flog¹

C17: probably from Latin flagellāre ; see _flagellant

Idioms and Phrases

see beat a dead horse.

Example Sentences

Aiden Markram flogged 86 in 55 balls with England failing to make a breakthrough until he was spectacularly caught by Smith with the winning line only 11 runs away.

From BBC

As well as Cox, who brutally flogged anything short over the leg side, opener Will Jacks also hit three sixes in a 27-ball 45.

From BBC

Remarkably, he took only eight runs from his first eight balls before flogging Singh Dale over the leg side for his first three boundaries.

From BBC

Jamie Overton flogged 19 from seven balls to give the Spirit an outside chance but he was run out trying to keep the strike with three balls to go.

From BBC

Two contrasting centuries, a tired India attack flogged to all parts.

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Related Words

• castigate 
• chastise 
• spank