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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To beat severely with a whip or rod.
  2. v. Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To beat or strike.
  2. Specifically To whip; chastise with repeated blows, as of a rod or whip.
  3. To beat, in the sense of surpass; excel.
  4. In flshing, to lash (the water) with the line.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
  2. v. transitive To use something to extreme; to abuse.
  3. v. transitive, UK To sell something.
  4. v. transitive, Australia, New Zealand To steal something.
  5. v. transitive, Australia, New Zealand To defeat easily or convincingly.
  6. v. transitive, agriculture To exploit.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. beat with a cane
  2. v. beat severely with a whip or rod

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellāre; see flagellate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I'll not fight yo, but I'll flog yo -- _flog yo_ -- d 'yo hear?”

    The History of David Grieve

  • “And the only other thing that I'm here to flog is my book, as Anna Porter says.”

    Malice in Blunderland

  • “Love how you cite kos as saying the source was somewhere other than his stew of diarists, who picked something up, expanded it to something they chose to "flog" - their words, and think that's a reliable source.”

    Palinsanity.

  • “The carnival-like grounds are comprised of booths in a flea market-like setting where proprietors in canvas tents sell merchandise, independent record labels flog their artists, and magazine publishers and non-profit orgs ply their way.”

    Warped Tour…punk, X-treme sports, and fanticipation! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

  • “By heavens, I'll make him obey, or I'll -- "-- Here Mr Easy stopped before the word flog was fairly out of his mouth, --" I'll know the reason why, Dr Middleton. ”

    Mr. Midshipman Easy

  • “DigitalBulletin says Virgin has said no more than it`ll offer a million tracks, the identical standard fare the Big Four record labels flog to all their customers at exorbitant wholesale prices.”

    HMV, Virgin, music downloads

  • “Or fail like the word "flog" (a fake blog for promotional purposes)?”

    The Washington Post: Five words shaping our future

  • “Last October, a "traveling blog" featuring a couple extolling the virtues of Wal-Mart during a pilgrimage through its stores turned out to be a fake blog (or "flog"), produced by the retail giant's media corporation, the international Edelman firm.”

    Van Jones: Wal-Mart's Well-Timed Spin Cycle

  • “He's been so lazy these last few weeks, I think I need to flog him or something does anyone use the term "flog" anymore?”

    Having a bit of a rest

  • “An addendum to the above, it's a pity that the Democrats are focusing on this issue to "flog" the Republicans before the elections.”

    Saturday Moments: From torture & Republican sex scandals to zombies

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. whip
  1. lash
  1. beat

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. beat
  1. work over
  1. beat-up

rhymes (21)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Hogg
  2. Og
  3. Ogg
  4. Prague
  1. Prolog
  2. Rog
  3. agog
  4. bog
  1. clog
  2. dague
  3. fog
  4. frog
  1. grog
  2. hog
  3. hogg
  4. jog
  1. prolog
  2. rog
  3. slog
  4. smog
  1. waag

reverse dictionary (29)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. birch
  2. switch
  3. cowhide
  4. flogging
  5. flagellate
  1. lick
  2. hide
  3. horsewhip
  4. larrup
  5. lather
  1. cat o' nine tails
  2. whang
  3. knout
  4. bamboo
  5. cane
  1. plagose
  2. beat
  3. whip
  4. welt
  5. scourge
  1. quirt
  2. swish
  3. tan
  4. trounce
  5. wallop
  1. belt
  2. cat-o′ -nine-tails
  3. chop
  4. lash

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  • Kristianto2010 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. Dec 11, 2010

  • oroboros Contranym: promote aggressively v. punish harshly. Mar 14, 2010

  • drbarb Tech-speak meaning comes from fake + blog = flog. A blog that isn't written by a real person, or by who it is attributed to. Can be used as a verb, as "she was hired to flog for the PR company." Jun 9, 2009

  • sakhalinskii In the context of BDSM, a rather perverse combination of excrement and astrology. Jul 29, 2008

  • bestiary i do enjoy a good flogging. Jul 29, 2008

  • soph2 foto-log, or vlog in English Jul 29, 2008

  • sillygoose Fake blog, ostensibly written by an individual but actually maintained by a marketing company. Dec 30, 2007

  • oroboros Golf in reverse (q.v.,for more). Jul 10, 2007

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