flog.
To whip or scourge as punishment.
Meaning & usage
To whip or scourge as punishment.
To use something to extreme; to abuse.
To sell.
To steal something.
To defeat easily or convincingly.
To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
Where this word comes from
Blend of fake + blog.
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