flogs

verb

Definition of flogsnext
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

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2
as in licks
to strike repeatedly was fined heavily for flogging a horse

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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

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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

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“Flogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flogs. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.

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