English Dictionary

flog

IPA（発音記号）

/flɒɡ/

動詞

他動詞 イギリス英語 俗語 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment. / (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse. / (transitive, UK, slang) To sell. / (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.

日本語の意味

ムチや鞭で罰する / 何かを過度に使用する、乱用する / （英国の俗語で）売る / （オーストラリア、ニュージーランドの用法で）盗む

The captain ordered the sailor to flog the prisoner at dawn.

船長は夜明けに水夫に囚人を鞭で打つよう命じた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

意味（2）

(transitive) 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.

意味（3）

(transitive, UK, slang) To 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.

意味（4）

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.

意味（5）

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) 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.

意味（6）

(transitive, Australia, agriculture) To 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

意味（7）

(theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

flogs （ present singular third-person ）

flogging （ participle present ）

flogged （ participle past ）

flogged （ past ）