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1. a. : to beat with or as if with a rod or whip. The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny. b. : to criticize harshly. He was flogged in the press for failing to take action. 2. : to force or urge into action : drive. 3. a. chiefly British : to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally.
Flogged definition: having been beaten with a whip, stick, etc.. See examples of FLOGGED used in a sentence.
flogging, a beating administered with a whip or rod, with blows commonly directed to the person’s back. It was imposed as a form of judicial punishment and as a means of maintaining discipline in schools, prisons, military forces, and private homes.
flogged. He ran away, was captured, put in chains, stripped before the mast and flogged without mercy. From Washington Times. In an age when we're allegedly more enlightened than ever, we live in fear that expressing a sincere view will get us fired and flogged. From CBS Local.
I wish me grandmother had flogged us with a bit of ninetail - it might have knocked a bit of sense into us earlier !
To flog is to beat or hit, especially with a tool like a stick or rod. A cruel trainer might flog an unruly horse with a whip. When you flog someone, you beat them as a way of punishing or controlling them.
Flog definition: to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge. . See examples of FLOG used in a sentence.
to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick, as a punishment: Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Punishing by causing pain. birch.
Flogging definition: a beating, especially with a whip or scourge. See examples of FLOGGING used in a sentence.
1. (tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc. 2. (tr) slang Brit to sell. 3. (Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind. 4. (intr) to make progress by painful work. 5. NZ to steal. 6. flog a dead horse chiefly. a. to harp on some long discarded subject.