From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flog
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: welt, whip, lather, lash, slash,
strap, trounce]
2: beat with a cane [syn: cane, lambaste, lambast]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flog \Flog\ (fl[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged (fl[o^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging (-g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow,
stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L.
flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]
To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to
chastise with repeated blows.
[1913 Webster]