flog
/flɑɡ/ verb C2- To whip or scourge as punishment.
- To use something to extreme; to abuse.
- To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
He/she/it flogs · Past flogged · Past participle flogged · -ing form flogging
Verb forms
- Base form
- flog
- He/she/it
- flogs
- Past
- flogged
- Past participle
- flogged
- -ing form
- flogging
From the library
We live in freedom, but you bow down to and slave for men, who in return for your services flog you with whips and put collars on your necks.
Much had been done, and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle; a private had been flogged; and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.
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