1
as in to whip
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders
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2
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
was fined heavily for flogging a horse
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3
as in to stomp
British
to move heavily or clumsily
for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child
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as in to stumble
British
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away
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Recent Examples of flog
The consumption, possession or sale of alcohol are crimes that can lead to jail sentences, fines or flogging.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Stop flogging yourself over something that is nobody’s beeswax.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
At the risk of flogging whatever’s left of Secretariat, Clark is the WNBA’s horse whisperer.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Stop flogging yourself over something that is nobody’s beeswax.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Stop flogging yourself over something that is nobody’s beeswax.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
At the risk of flogging whatever’s left of Secretariat, Clark is the WNBA’s horse whisperer.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Stop flogging yourself over something that is nobody’s beeswax.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flog
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The game is a gonzo Kojima production through and through, tonally whipping between self-serious conversations about the nature of war and patriotism, and villains who can shoot lighting from their hands or morph into a swarm of bees.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Like many proud dads in the early 2000s, Cooper Manning often whipped out the camcorder to document his three children — May, Arch and Heid — growing up.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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When Sunday ended, supremacy was restored – the Dodgers were back in first place in the NL West, and the Padres were licking their wounds, wondering what just happened.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The little girl licks butter off a spoon, gets a bottle full of bone broth and uses her four teeth to gum ribeye steak.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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At that event, Claudio Castagnoli stomped Ospreay's head through a steel chair.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Wildcats won five in a row against the Cardinals before getting stomped 41-14 last year in Lexington.—
Marc Weiszer,
The Tennessean,
19 Aug. 2025
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Stellantis has also stumbled in its EV transition, posting a €2.3 billion net loss in the first half of 2025 as operating margins shrank to just 0.7%.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Especially underwhelming was an offense that was advertised as explosive but often sputtered and stumbled.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The moment, which quickly went viral, saw the pair duck to hide their faces from the camera, setting off alarm bells and becoming instant fodder for online chatter.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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In the end, there doesn’t appear to have ever been a shooter to hide from or disarm.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
25 Aug. 2025
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Usually, when one partner lashes out, the other responds in kind.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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However the first day of closing arguments – which are expected to last multiple days – was cancelled as a major rainstorm lashed the city.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday Ahn slowly shuffled to a bridge leading to the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), pleading for permission to cross the zone – one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world – and enter North Korea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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My shortlist of 50 wouldn’t have shuffled Braid, Celeste, or Terraria to this section, but, y’know, different strokes.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Most entrepreneurs struggle to differentiate themselves and attract their target audience.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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With his defense struggling to limit big plays early last season, first-year Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr was forced to move Hamilton to more of a deep safety role.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Flog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flog. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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