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English Dictionary: flog by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flog
v
  1. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
    Synonym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
  2. beat with a cane
    Synonym(s): cane, flog, lambaste, lambast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flog \Flog\ (fl[ocr]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flogged}
      (fl[ocr]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flogging} (-g[icr]ng).] [Cf.
      Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh.
      fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. {Flagellate}.]
      To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to
      chastise with repeated blows.
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