Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To beat severely with a whip or rod.
- transitive verb Informal To publicize aggressively.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat or strike.
- Specifically To whip; chastise with repeated blows, as of a rod or whip.
- To beat, in the sense of surpass; excel.
- In flshing, to lash (the water) with the line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
whip orscourge someone or something aspunishment . - verb transitive To use something to extreme; to abuse.
- verb transitive, UK To
sell something. - verb transitive, Australia, New Zealand To
steal something. - verb transitive, Australia, New Zealand To
defeat easily or convincingly. - verb transitive, agriculture To
exploit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb beat with a cane
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'll not fight yo, but I'll flog yo -- _flog yo_ -- d 'yo hear?'
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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And the only other thing that I'm here to flog is my book, as Anna Porter says.
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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. Ann Althouse 2008
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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 2008
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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 Frederick Marryat 1820
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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.
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Or fail like the word "flog" (a fake blog for promotional purposes)?
Five words shaping our future Steven E. Levingston 2010
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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.
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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 appleleaf 2008
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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 Diane Silver 2006
oroboros commented on the word flog
Golf in reverse (q.v.,for more).
July 10, 2007
sillygoose commented on the word flog
Fake blog, ostensibly written by an individual but actually maintained by a marketing company.
December 30, 2007
soph2 commented on the word flog
foto-log, or vlog in English
July 29, 2008
bestiary commented on the word flog
i do enjoy a good flogging.
July 29, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word flog
In the context of BDSM, a rather perverse combination of excrement and astrology.
July 29, 2008
drbarb commented on the word flog
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."
June 9, 2009
oroboros commented on the word flog
Contranym: promote aggressively v. punish harshly.
March 14, 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word flog
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head.
December 11, 2010