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1
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
to strike repeatedly
- was fined heavily for flogging a horse
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- bash,
- baste,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- birch,
- bludgeon,
- buffet,
- bung up,
- club,
- curry,
- do,
- drub,
- fib
- [British],
- hammer,
- hide,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lash,
- lather,
- lick,
- maul,
- mess (up),
- paddle,
- pelt,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pummel,
- punch out,
- rough (up),
- slate,
- slog,
- switch,
- tan,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thump,
- tromp,
- wallop,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop
- (or whap),
- whup,
- work over
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- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- beset,
- box,
- bust,
- chop,
- clobber,
- clout,
- crack,
- cudgel,
- cuff,
- descend (on or upon),
- hit,
- jump (on),
- knock,
- lam,
- lay on,
- paste,
- pounce (on or upon),
- punch,
- raid,
- rush,
- slam,
- slap,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- storm,
- swat,
- swipe,
- thwack,
- whack,
- wham,
- whomp
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3 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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4 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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The first known use of flog was circa 1676
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