flog Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb beat severely with a whip or rod
    trounce; strap; welt; whip; slash; lash; lather.
    • The teacher often flogged the students
    • The children were severely trounced
  2. verb beat with a cane
    cane; lambaste; lambast.

WordNet

Flog transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Flogged ; present participle & verbal noun Flogging
Definitions
  1. To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

Webster 1913