Verb: flog (flogged,flogging) flóg
- Beat severely with a whip or rod
"The sailor was flogd for disobedience";
- welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal]
- Beat with a cane
"The old-fashioned teacher flogged the unruly student";
- cane, lambaste, lambast
- [Brit, informal] Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
"He flogged his old car for a good price";
- sell
- [Brit, informal] Travel with considerable effort
"most of them cannot be bothered to flog over to a fruit farm when they can go to Sainsbury's and buy exotic fruit from all over the world"
Derived forms: flogged, flogging, flogs
Type of: beat, beat up, change, exchange, interchange, work over [informal]
Encyclopedia: Flog