[flɒɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment
(e.g: the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead)

- sell or offer for sale
(e.g: he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies)

- make one's way with strenuous effort
(e.g: by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’

[flɒɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an arduous climb or struggle
(e.g: a long flog up the mountainside)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’