flogs
Lashes as punishment
Flogs is the third-person singular of flog, meaning to beat or whip, especially as punishment: The captain flogs sailors who disobey.
Flog extends to vigorous promotion or selling: She flogs her new book at every opportunity.
In British slang, to flog something is to sell it, often quickly or cheaply: He flogged his old car for a few hundred quid.
Flexible striking instruments
- lashesEye-fringing hairs
- thrashesBeats severely or defeats
- beatsPulses or defeats
- canesSupportive walking sticks
scourges · birches · straps · switches · flails · strikes · punishes · disciplines
Sells, often informally
- hawksKeen-eyed birds of prey
- vendsOffers for sale
- marketsTrade gathering places
- pushesApplies force outward
trades · sells · offloads · unloads · pitches · touts · moves · shifts
Moves or compels
- pushesApplies force outward
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- overworksLabors beyond healthy limits
- strainsVarieties, injuries, or sifts
grinds · slaves · labors · toils · exerts · overuses · wears · fatigues
Things that block openings
- hypesPromotes with exaggeration
- pushesApplies force outward
- publicizesMakes widely known
- advertisesPromotes goods publicly
touts · pitches · shills · boosts · trumpets · broadcasts · endorses · campaigns
whips
Flexible striking instruments
canes · scourges · birches · straps · switches · flails · strikes · punishes · disciplines · clobbers
peddles
Sells, often informally
pushes · trades · sells · offloads · unloads · pitches · touts · moves · shifts · deals
drives
Moves or compels
strains · grinds · slaves · labors · toils · exerts · overuses · wears · fatigues · taxes
plugs
Things that block openings
- hypesPromotes with exaggeration
- pushesApplies force outward
- publicizesMakes widely known
advertises · touts · pitches · shills · boosts · trumpets · broadcasts · endorses · campaigns · drums
attacks
Aggressive hostile actions
hammers · pummels · bashes · trashes · roasts · savages · denounces · excoriates · castigates · pillories
- flogging a dead horse
- flog a dead horsePursue pointless effort
- public floggingPunishment by whip, witnessed
- flogging dead horsePersisting uselessly with something finished