flog

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /flɒɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ (US) IPA(key): /flɑɡ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *floggen (suggested by flogge (“hammer, sledge”), from Old English *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukkōną (“to beat”), itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *flōkaną. The original zero-grade iterative *flakkōną had been misinterpreted as an o-grade. See flack (“to beat”), also as a dialectal noun "a blow, slap". Cognate with Scots flog (“a blow, stripe, flogging”, noun), Scots flog (“thin strip of wood”), Norwegian flak (“a piece torn off, strip”). Alternatively, a back-formation from flogger, from Low German flogger (“a flail”). ==== Verb ==== flog (third-person singular simple present flogs, present participle flogging, simple past and past participle flogged) (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment. Synonyms: lash, thrash; see also Thesaurus:whip (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse. (transitive, UK, slang) To sell. Synonyms: hawk, peddle; see also Thesaurus:sell (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something. Synonyms: loot, purloin; see also Thesaurus:steal (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly. Synonyms: beat, thrash; see also Thesaurus:defeat (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc. (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== flog (plural flogs) (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker. ==== See also ==== flail flay vapulate === Etymology 2 === Blend of fake +‎ blog. ==== Noun ==== flog (plural flogs) (Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service. ===== Synonyms ===== spamblog splog === References === === Anagrams === GLOF, golf == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floːk/ === Verb === flog past of fliegen == Icelandic == === Etymology === Doublet (showing a-mutation) of flug (“flight; cliff”), from Old Norse flog, flug (“flight; cliff; an illness of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *flugą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɔːɣ/ Rhymes: -ɔːɣ === Noun === flog n (genitive singular flogs, nominative plural flog) (obsolete, poetic) flight (the act of flying) seizure (sudden attack [of an illness], convulsion, e.g. an epileptic seizure) seizure (sudden onset of pain) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== flogaveiki == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse flog. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floːɡ/ === Noun === flog n (definite singular floget, indefinite plural flog, definite plural floga) a flight (the act of flying) a steep drop, near vertical cliff === References === “flog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floːɡ/, [floːɣ] === Verb === flōg first/third-person singular preterite indicative of flēan == Spanish == === Noun === flog m (plural flogs) abbreviation of fotoblog == Volapük == === Noun === flog (genitive floga, plural flogs) flake ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vlɔɡ/ === Noun === flog soft mutation of blog === Mutation ===