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flog(dictionary)
flog(dictionary)

flog (iou)



flog verb. Orig. slang. Infl. -gg-. L17.
[Prob. imit. or from Latin flagellare FLAGELLATE verb.]
verb trans. Beat, whip; punish with repeated blows of a birch, cane, whip, etc.; drive (laziness etc.) out of or (learning etc.) into a person by beating. L17.
flog to death colloq. talk about, promote, etc., ad nauseam.
F. E. Smedley I have not forgotten the Greek and Latin flogged into us at Westminster. G. Gorer Six women were publicly flogged..till the blood ran down their backs.
b. Urge (a horse etc.) on with a whip. L18.
flog a dead horse: see DEAD adjective etc.
G. P. R. James Take off the bridles..and flog them down the valley.
verb trans. Beat, lash, strike (an object etc.), esp. for a particular purpose; Angling cast a fly-line over (a stretch of water) repeatedly; Cricket punish (a bowler, the bowling). E19.
J. F. W. Herschel Trees were seen to flog the ground with their branches.
b. verb intrans. Of a sail: beat or flap heavily. M19.
F. Marryat The storm-staysail..flogged and cracked with a noise louder than the gale.
verb trans.
a. Defeat; excel. slang. M19.
E. A. Freeman I think for position it flogs every place I know.
b. Tire (out). Usu. in pass. dial. L19.
R. Kipling I went to bed; for I was fair flogged out.
verb trans. Sell, offer for sale (esp. worthless or shoddy goods or those illicitly obtained). Also, steal. slang. E20.
M. Drabble Let's go and look at the ghastly thing that Martin flogged us. Listener He was..flogging quack remedies to innocents who needed protecting from him.
verb intrans. Proceed by violent, painful, or exhausting effort. E20.
M. Binchy It would be nicer than flogging all the way to Clarence Gardens.
flogger noun (a) a person who flogs; colloq. an advocate of corporal punishment; (b) slang a riding-whip; (c) a tool for removing the stoppers of casks, bottles, etc.: E18.
flogging verbal noun the action of the verb, esp. the practice of corporal punishment; an instance of this; flogging round the fleet: see FLEET noun1: L17.