See Also: rude(medicine)
rude(dictionary)
rude(dictionary)

flog (oh) and rude (oh)


flog (oh)



[T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Perhaps from Latin flagellare 'to whip']
to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick
::He was publicly flogged and humiliated.
informal to sell something
::I'm going to flog all my old Video tapes.
be flogging a dead horse
spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible
flog sth to death
BrE informal to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it
::They take a good idea and flog it to death.

rude (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin rudis 'raw, rough']
speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people
-synonym impolite impolite
-opposite polite polite
::a rude remark
::I didn't mean to be rude, but I had to leave early.
rude to
::Why are you so rude to her?
it is rude to do sth
::It's rude to stare.
rude jokes, words, songs etc are about sex
American Equivalent: dirty
rude awakening/shock
a situation in which you suddenly realize something unpleasant
::If they expect the match to be friendly, then they are in for a rude awakening.
in rude Health
BrE old-fashioned very healthy
literary made in a simple basic way
::a rude wooden hut
-- rudely adv
::We were rudely awakened by the storm.
::He answered me very rudely.
-- rudeness n [U]