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- Dictionaryflog/fläɡ/
verb
- 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture: "the stolen horses will be returned and the thieves flogged" Similar
- 2. sell or offer for sale: informal British "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies" Similar
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FLOG definition: 1. to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick…. Learn more.
The meaning of FLOG is to beat with or as if with a rod or whip. How to use flog in a sentence.
To flog is to beat or hit, especially with a tool like a stick or rod. A cruel trainer might flog an unruly horse with a whip. When you flog someone, you beat them as a way of punishing or controlling them.
Flog definition: to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge. . See examples of FLOG used in a sentence.
flog. (flɒg ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense flogs , present participle flogging , past tense, past participle flogged. 1. verb. If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it. [British, informal] They are trying to flog their house. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sell, market, trade, dispose of More Synonyms of flog. 2. verb.
Definition of flog verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FLOG definition: 1. to hit someone repeatedly as a punishment with something such as a stick 2. to sell something…. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ verb (flogged, flogging) [ transitive] 1 to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick He was publicly flogged and humiliated. 2 informal to sell something I’m going to flog all my old video tapes. see thesaurus at sell 3 → be flogging a dead horse 4 → flog ...
1. ( tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc. 2. ( tr) slang Brit to sell. 3. (Nautical Terms) ( intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind. 4. ( intr) to make progress by painful work. 5. NZ to steal. 6. flog a dead horse chiefly. a. to harp on some long discarded subject.
Jun 2, 2024 · Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers. ( transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something. ( transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
