flog

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.Synonyms: whiptransitive

2. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.Examples: "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."transitive

3. (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.Examples: "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."UKslangtransitive

4. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.AustraliaNew-Zealandtransitive

5. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.Examples: "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."; "It'll make the Raiders look good. Getting flogged by a team that got flogged by a team that got flogged by the Bulldogs."AustraliaNew-Zealandtransitive

6. (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.Examples: "The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers"Australiatransitive