flog
verb
[ flɒɡ ]
• beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.
• "the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead"
Similar:
whip,
scourge,
flagellate,
lash,
birch,
switch,
tan,
strap,
belt,
cane,
thrash,
beat,
leather,
tan/whip someone's hide,
give someone a hiding,
• sell or offer for sale.
• "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies"
Similar:
sell,
put on sale,
put up for sale,
offer for sale,
vend,
retail,
trade in,
deal in,
traffic in,
peddle,
hawk,
advertise,
push,
• make one's way with strenuous effort.
• "by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag"
flog
noun
• an arduous climb or struggle.
• "a long flog up the mountainside"
Origin:
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.
