Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flog
Participle: flogged
Gerund: flogging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | flog |
| you | flog |
| he;she;it | flogs |
| we | flog |
| you | flog |
| they | flog |
Perfect
| I | have flogged |
| you | have flogged |
| he;she;it | has flogged |
| we | have flogged |
| you | have flogged |
| they | have flogged |
Past
| I | flogged |
| you | flogged |
| he;she;it | flogged |
| we | flogged |
| you | flogged |
| they | flogged |
Pluperfect
| I | had flogged |
| you | had flogged |
| he;she;it | had flogged |
| we | had flogged |
| you | had flogged |
| they | had flogged |
Future
| I | will flog |
| you | will flog |
| he;she;it | will flog |
| we | will flog |
| you | will flog |
| they | will flog |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flogged |
| you | will have flogged |
| he;she;it | will have flogged |
| we | will have flogged |
| you | will have flogged |
| they | will have flogged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flog |
| you | flog |
| he;she;it | flog |
| we | flog |
| you | flog |
| they | flog |
Perfect
| I | have flogged |
| you | have flogged |
| he;she;it | have flogged |
| we | have flogged |
| you | have flogged |
| they | have flogged |
Imperfect
| I | flogged |
| you | flogged |
| he;she;it | flogged |
| we | flogged |
| you | flogged |
| they | flogged |
Pluperfect
| I | had flogged |
| you | had flogged |
| he;she;it | had flogged |
| we | had flogged |
| you | had flogged |
| they | had flogged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flog |
| you | would flog |
| he;she;it | would flog |
| we | would flog |
| you | would flog |
| they | would flog |
Perfect
| I | would have flogged |
| you | would have flogged |
| he;she;it | would have flogged |
| we | would have flogged |
| you | would have flogged |
| they | would have flogged |
Imperative
| you | flog |
| we | Let's flog |
| you | flog |
Verbs conjugated like 'flog'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flog'
blog,
clog,
flag,
flob,
flop,
flow,
flox,
fog,
frog,
log,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to whip or scourge
- lash, whip
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- beating the human body with special implements
- cut, feague, flagellate, knout, lash, lather, quirt, scourge, scutch, slash, strap, stripe, whip, thresh, whoop, yark
- whip
- beat, scourge, strike, flail, thrash
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. 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”).
3. Alternatively, a back-formation from flogger, from Low German flogger (“a flail”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*flukkōną'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] kind of Board of Honour which amicably adjusted the difference between these two little boys, who in any other part of the world would have been amicably adjusted on two porters ’ backs and soundly flogged with birchen rods, he will be possessed, no doubt, with as strong a sense of its ludicrous character, as that which sets me laughing whenever its image rises up before me.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] their cotton-baskets to make them weigh heavier, or filled their sacks with dirt, with cotton at the top, it seemed so exactly like what I should do if I were they, I couldn't and wouldn't have them flogged for it. Well, of course, there was an end of plantation discipline; and Alf and I came to about the same point that I and my respected father did, years before. So he told me that I was a womanish [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I'd a flogged her into ’ t, ” said Legree, spitting, “ only there's such a press o ’ work, it don't seem wuth a while to upset her jist now. She's slender; but these yer slender gals will bear half killin ’ to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ He did, eh ! Wal, then, Tom shall have the pleasure of flogging her. It'll be a good practice for him, and he won't put it on to the gal like you devils, neither. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] see, I telled ye I didn't buy ye jest for the common work; I mean to promote ye, and make a driver of ye; and tonight ye may jest as well begin to get yer hand in. Now, ye jest take this yer gal and flog her; ye 've seen enough on't to know how. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] right ? I'll put a stop to it ! Why, what do ye think ye are ? May be ye think ye’r a gentleman master, Tom, to be a telling your master what's right, and what ain't ! So you pretend it's wrong to flog the gal ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)