What does FLOG mean?

Definitions for FLOG
flɒg, flɔgflog

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb

    beat severely with a whip or rod

    "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

  2. cane, flog, lambaste, lambastverb

    beat with a cane

Wiktionary

  1. flogverb

    To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.

  2. flogverb

    To use something to extreme; to abuse.

  3. flogverb

    To sell something.

  4. flogverb

    To steal something.

  5. flogverb

    To defeat easily or convincingly.

  6. flogverb

    To exploit.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Flogverb

    To lash; to whip; to chastise.

    Etymology: from flagrum, Latin.

    The schoolmaster’s joy is to flog. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flogverb

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

  2. Etymology: [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Flog

    flog, v.t. to beat or strike: to lash: to chastise with blows:—pr.p. flog′ging; pa.p. flogged.—n. Flog′ging. [Late; prob. an abbrev. of flagellate.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FLOG in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FLOG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of FLOG in a Sentence

  1. Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom:

    I won't back down over my statements on women's rights, democracy and that one shouldn't flog bloggers, i have nothing to be ashamed of.

  2. Garo Karamanian:

    It will slow down the market probably but it will stop the developers loading the prices knowing they can just flog them overseas.

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