Synonyms of flogs

flogs

verb

present tense third-person singular of flog

1

as in whips

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• hides
• slashes
• slaps
• thrashes
• spanks
• flicks
• flails
• switches
• lashes
• knocks
• hits
• flagellates
• smacks
• licks
• scourges
• cuts
• leathers
• tans
• mauls
• whacks
• horsewhips
• punches
• whales
• pounds
• clips
• bangs
• straps
• beats
• bats
• swipes
• claps
• thumps
• birches
• cowhides
• swats
• rawhides
• boxes
• canes
• quirts
• smites
• pummels
• bashes
• clubs
• clobbers
• thwacks
• socks
• bludgeons
• touches up
• mangles
• clouts
• lambastes
• pelts
• cudgels
• knouts
• threshes
• paddles
• wallops
• bops
• cracks
• hammers
• pastes
• belts
• bastes
• cuffs
• lams
• slogs
• works over
• slugs
• lathers
• slates
• busts
• belabors
• batters
• roughs
• laces
• fustigates
• buffets
• tromps
• whups
• drubs
• fibs
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• whops
• pommels
• bungs

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

was fined heavily for flogging a horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• whips
• hides
• pounds
• lashes
• slaps
• beats
• spanks
• thumps
• knocks
• does
• slams
• hits
• pelts
• smashes
• mauls
• pummels
• attacks
• assaults
• thrashes
• batters
• bashes
• punches
• bludgeons
• smacks
• lambastes
• bats
• threshes
• whacks
• chops
• paddles
• hammers
• bastes
• wallops
• belts
• switches
• clubs
• boxes
• drubs
• slogs
• works over
• lathers
• raids
• slates
• tans
• belabors
• laces
• punches out
• buffets
• tromps
• curries
• whups
• swipes
• fibs
• roughs (up)
• swats
• storms
• whales
• assails
• whops
• wounds
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• rushes
• clobbers
• pommels
• thwacks
• clouts
• birches
• cracks
• socks
• pastes
• besets
• straps
• descends (on or upon)
• whams
• bungs up
• lams
• cuffs
• jumps (on)
• lays on
• cudgels
• canes
• lacerates
• flagellates
• mutilates
• scourges
• busts
• leathers
• mangles
• maims
• whomps
• horsewhips
• pounces (on or upon)
• gores
• fustigates
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• cowhides
• rawhides

3

as in shuffles

British to move heavily or clumsily

for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stomps
• stumbles
• barges
• hauls
• lurches
• flounders
• weaves
• clumps
• drags
• trudges
• sloughs
• stamps
• lumps
• stumps
• shambles
• tramps
• plods
• lumbers
• pounds
• scuffs
• staggers
• slogs
• sways
• galumphs
• flops
• scuffles
• tromps
• waddles
• totters
• reels
• teeters
• careens
• wobbles
• blunders
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• glides
• waltzes
• whisks
• hangs
• floats
• hovers
• drifts
• wafts
• poises
• breezes
• coasts

4

as in stumbles

British to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• shuffles
• flounders
• trudges
• limps
• lurches
• plods
• blunders
• jogs
• lumbers
• sways
• fumbles
• falters
• staggers
• wallows
• bumbles
• reels
• totters
• shambles
• teeters
• muddles
• welters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flies
• sails
• glides
• zooms
• zips
• coasts
• kilts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flogs

One of her biggest gripes is how often the beauty industry flogs acidic products to control oil production when women are experiencing hormonal imbalance. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Now adults, after a childhood marred with tragedy, Guin flogs a memoir only tangentially related to the truth, and Ennis stages a new art exhibit, despite what happened at the last one. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026