flog
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
flog (flogs, present participle flogging; past and past participle flogged)
- (transitive) To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
- (transitive, UK) To sell something.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
- (to whip or scourge) Thesaurus:whip
- French: flageller, fouetter
- German: geißeln, peitschen
- Italian: flagellare, frustare
- Portuguese: chicotear
- Russian: поро́ть
- Spanish: azotar
flog (plural flogs)
- (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person.
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.
- 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder
- Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.
- 2009, Nico Carpentier, Benjamin De Cleen, Participation and Media Production: Critical Reflections on Content Creation (page 33)
- An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.
- 2010, Beata Klimkiewicz, Media Freedom and Pluralism
- […] hidden advertising and flogs (the use of “personal blogs” for unfair commercial and political purposes), […]
- 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder
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