flogged
Beat with straps
Flogged is the past tense of flog, meaning to beat severely with a whip or rod as punishment: The sailor was flogged for insubordination.
Figuratively, to flog something is to promote it relentlessly: She's been flogging her new book on every podcast.
In British slang, to flog is to sell, often hastily or cheaply: He flogged his old car for a few hundred quid.
Sold aggressively in public
- peddledSold, often persistently
- pushedApplied pressure to move
- marketedPromoted for sale
- toutedPublicly praised or promoted
pitched · plugged · promoted · hustled · offloaded · unloaded · shifted · moved
Strike or bind
- whipStrikes or aerates
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
cane · birch · strap · cat-o'-nine-tails · knout · switch · crop · rawhide
Having strict self-control
- penalizedGiven a disadvantage for violation
- chastisedCriticized severely for wrongdoing
- correctedFixed what was wrong
- castigatedCriticized severely and publicly
reprimanded · admonished · condemned · sentenced · sanctioned · censured · rebuked · reproached
Public punishment restraint
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- birchingStriking with bundled twigs
- gauntletProtective armored handwear
keelhauling · branding · gibbet · tar-and-feather · convict · mutiny · desertion · insubordination
hawked
Sold aggressively in public
touted · pitched · plugged · promoted · hustled · offloaded · unloaded · shifted · moved · dealt
lash
Strike or bind
beat · cane · birch · strap · cat-o'-nine-tails · knout · switch · crop · rawhide · bullwhip
disciplined
Having strict self-control
- penalizedGiven a disadvantage for violation
- chastisedCriticized severely for wrongdoing
- correctedFixed what was wrong
castigated · reprimanded · admonished · condemned · sentenced · sanctioned · censured · rebuked · reproached · scolded
pillory
Public punishment restraint
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- birchingStriking with bundled twigs
gauntlet · keelhauling · branding · gibbet · tar-and-feather · convict · mutiny · desertion · insubordination · galley
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
tack · helm · deck · mast · windward · leeward · knots · reefing · bosun · deckhand
floggedrewarded
Given something earned
praised · commended · honored · awarded · celebrated
floggedadmonished
Warned or reproved
chided · cautioned · warned · reprimanded · forgiven
- flogging a dead horse
- public floggingPunishment by whip, witnessed
- flogging dead horsePersisting uselessly with something finished