flog
To whip or scourge as punishmentTo whip or scourge as punishment.
» Tom was flogged three times.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To whip or scourge as punishment.
geißeln, peitschen
поро́тьporótʹ, стега́тьstegátʹ, сечьsečʹ
шмага́тиšmaháty, бато́житиbatóžyty, сікти́siktý
beat severely with a whip or rod
(transitive)To use something to extreme; to abuse.
(UK, slang, transitive)To sell.
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To steal something.
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To defeat easily or convincingly.
(Australia, transitive)To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
Examples
12 sentencesTom was flogged three times.
You're flogging a dead horse.
Ви даремно стараєтеся.
ruВы напрасно тратите время.
deDu reitest ein totes Pferd.
I won't flog a dead horse.
deIch werde kein totes Pferd verprügeln.
Sailors died of flogging or keelhauling.
The captain had the unsuccessful mutineers flogged.
ruКапитан приказал выпороть несостоявшихся бунтовщиков.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from Old English *flFrom Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from Old English *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukkōną (“to beat”), itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *flōkaną.
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Forms
flogs, flogging, flogged, floggedSynonyms
131 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle