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flog

(flŏg, flôg)

tr.v. flogged, flog·ging, flogs

1. To beat severely with a whip or rod.

2. Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

[Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellāre; see flagellate.]

flog′ger n.

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flog

(flɒɡ)

vb, flogs, flogging or flogged

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

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

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

[C17: probably from Latin flagellāre; see flagellant]

ˈflogger n

ˈflogging n

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flog

(flɒg, flɔg)

v.t. flogged, flog•ging.

1. to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment.

2. Slang.

a. to sell, esp. aggressively or vigorously.

b. to promote; publicize.

[1670–80; compare flagellate]

flog′ga•ble, adj.

flog′ger, n.

flog

Past participle: flogged
Gerund: flogging

Imperative
flog
flog

Present
I flog
you flog
he/she/it flogs
we flog
you flog
they flog

Preterite
I flogged
you flogged
he/she/it flogged
we flogged
you flogged
they flogged

Present Continuous
I am flogging
you are flogging
he/she/it is flogging
we are flogging
you are flogging
they are flogging

Present Perfect
I have flogged
you have flogged
he/she/it has flogged
we have flogged
you have flogged
they have flogged

Past Continuous
I was flogging
you were flogging
he/she/it was flogging
we were flogging
you were flogging
they were flogging

Past Perfect
I had flogged
you had flogged
he/she/it had flogged
we had flogged
you had flogged
they had flogged

Future
I will flog
you will flog
he/she/it will flog
we will flog
you will flog
they will flog

Future Perfect
I will have flogged
you will have flogged
he/she/it will have flogged
we will have flogged
you will have flogged
they will have flogged

Future Continuous
I will be flogging
you will be flogging
he/she/it will be flogging
we will be flogging
you will be flogging
they will be flogging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flogging
you have been flogging
he/she/it has been flogging
we have been flogging
you have been flogging
they have been flogging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flogging
you will have been flogging
he/she/it will have been flogging
we will have been flogging
you will have been flogging
they will have been flogging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flogging
you had been flogging
he/she/it had been flogging
we had been flogging
you had been flogging
they had been flogging

Conditional
I would flog
you would flog
he/she/it would flog
we would flog
you would flog
they would flog

Past Conditional
I would have flogged
you would have flogged
he/she/it would have flogged
we would have flogged
you would have flogged
they would have flogged

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Verb	1.	flog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" leather - whip with a leather strap horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhide - flog with a cowhide cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birch - whip with a birch twig
	2.	flog - beat with a cane cane, lambast, lambaste beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

flog

verb

1. sell, market, trade, dispose of, put up for sale They are trying to flog their house.

2. beat, whip, lash, thrash, whack, scourge, hit hard, trounce, castigate, chastise, flay, lambast(e), flagellate, punish severely Flog them soundly!

3. strain, drive, tax, push, punish, oppress, overtax, overexert Don't flog yourself. We've got ages.

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flog

verb

To punish with blows or lashes:

beat, hide, lash, thrash, whip.

Informal: trim.

Slang: lay into, lick.

Translations

يَجْلِد، يَضْرِب بالسَّوْط

bičovat

bankepiske

peitschen

azotar

piestäpiiskataruoskia

fouetter flageller

hÿîa

bastonare flagellare pendere a randellate randellare sbolognare

čaižytinuplakimastuščiai stengtis

pērtsist

banke opp gi juling

сечь

kamçılamakkırbaçlamak

鞭打

flog

[flɒg] VT

1. (= whip) → azotar; (= beat) → dar una paliza a
to flog a dead horse → predicar en el desierto, machacar en hierro frío

2. (Brit) (= sell) → vender

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flog

[ˈflɒg] vt

(= whip) [+ person] → flageller
to flog a dead horse → s'acharner inutilement

(= sell) → fourguer

flog

(= beat) → prügeln, schlagen; thief, mutineer → auspeitschen; you’re flogging a dead horse (esp Brit inf) → Sie verschwenden Ihre Zeit

(Brit inf: = sell) → verkloppen, verscherbeln, losschlagen (all inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flog

[flɒg] vt → frustare, flagellare
to flog a dead horse (fig, fam) → perdere il proprio tempo
to flog o.s. to death (fig, fam) → ammazzarsi di fatica

flog

(flog) verb – past tense, past participle flogged –

to beat; to whip. You will be flogged for stealing the money.

ˈflogging noun

flog a dead horse

to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.

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Now, ye jest take this yer gal and flog her; ye've seen enough on't to know how."

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We live in freedom, but you bow down to and slave for men, who in return for your services flog you with whips and put collars on your necks.

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But now I never feel sure, after any half-holiday, that I shan't have to flog one of them next morning, for some foolish, thoughtless scrape.

He has already caught several of his own pupils, and gives them lines to learn, while he sends East and Tom, who are not his pupils, up to the Doctor, who, on learning that they had been at prayers in the morning, flogs them soundly.

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The new bit was very painful, and I reared up suddenly, which angered him still more, and he began to flog me.

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Till it weeps both night and day: And they scourge the weak, and flog the fool,

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While if you stick to consciousness, even though the same result is attained, you can at least flog yourself at times, and that will, at any rate, liven you up.

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"Damn ye," cried the Captain, pacing to and fro before them, "the vultures would not touch ye, ye villains!" At sunrise he summoned all hands; and separating those who had rebelled from those who had taken no part in the mutiny, he told the former that he had a good mind to flog them all round --thought, upon the whole, he would do so --he ought to --justice demanded it; but for the present, considering their timely surrender, he would let them go with a reprimand, which he accordingly administered in the vernacular.

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On the evening of the day on which I had seen Miss Scatcherd flog her pupil, Burns, I wandered as usual among the forms and tables and laughing groups without a companion, yet not feeling lonely: when I passed the windows, I now and then lifted a blind, and looked out; it snowed fast, a drift was already forming against the lower panes; putting my ear close to the window, I could distinguish from the gleeful tumult within, the disconsolate moan of the wind outside.

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"If the purse isn't found I'll flog you, I'll flog you all."

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"But won't I flog 'em on to Squashmore, when I take the ribbons?" said the young Cantab.

"Pitch into 'em, Hodson," roared the baronet; "flog their little souls out, and bring 'em up to the house, the vagabonds; I'll commit 'em as sure as my name's Pitt." And presently we heard Mr.

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