flog

flogverb詞源 1/flɒɡ/

• 1

  To whip or scourge as punishment.

• 2

  To use something to extreme; to abuse.

  • I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it again.
• 3

  slangTo sell.

  • And then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/month.
  • Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.
• 4

  To steal something.

• 5

  To defeat easily or convincingly.

  • The Swannies got on a real roll over rounds 16/17 & 18 of 1987. In consecutive SCG matches, they flogged the Eags 30.21 to 10.11, followed that with a 36.20 to 11.7 demolition of the Dons and finally a 31.12 to 15.17 thrashing of Richmond.
  • Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test.
• 6

  agriculturebusinesslifestyleTo overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.

  • The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers
• 7

  entertainmentlifestyletheaterTo beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

flognoun詞源 1/flɒɡ/

• 1

  derogatoryinformalA contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.

  • It follows the ejection of a supporter who allegedly ran towards umpire Mathew Nicholls while calling him a "bald-headed flog" at half-time of the Carlton-Brisbane Lions match last Saturday.

flognoun詞源 2/flɒɡ/

• 1

  A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.

  • Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.
  • 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.