flog

Speech parts

1. flog - Noun

2. flog - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

whip strap lash welt belt chastise beat cane punish slash thrash scourge cudgel pummel trounce
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Antonyms

cocker coast back support allow waltz
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Hypernyms

beat beat up work over

Hyponyms

birch cat switch leather scourge cowhide

Phrases with the word

flog a dead horse flog the dong flog-bottom flog something to death flog to death

Derivatives

flogged flogging

Anagrams

golf GLOF

Examples

It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man. Peter Ustinov

And finally, and most importantly, the next time we go to war, don't give a specific reason for the war that the left can seize upon and later flog us with it ad nauseam, just do it. Remember, the first rule of Fight Club is that you don't talk about Fight Club. Dennis Miller

As of rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ring-leaders from the Tarpeian rock. Thomas Arnold

He had so accustomed himself to wield the constitutional cat-of-nine-tails, that heaven will hardly be happy to him unless he be allowed to flog the cherubim. Anthony Trollope

Flog my erring child comes from the lips, "don't hurt him/her" comes from the bottom of the heart. Nigerian Proverb

If you flog a baboon because it is ugly, you will end up killing it. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

floeberg Floer homology Floersch flog a dead horse flog a dead pony flog someone round the fleet