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Flog vs Strap - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between flog and strap

is that flog is to use something to extreme; to abuse while strap is to sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

As a noun strap is

a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

flog

English

Verb

(flogg)
  • To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
  • To use something to extreme; to abuse.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=VL idles rough when warm... , group=aus.cars , author=Chris Wardrop , date=October 30 , year=2002 , passage=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. citation
  • (UK) To sell something.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Optus $5/month 5110, T10 and 2288 only 4 days , group=aus.comms.mobile , author=Paul Edwards , date=January 26 , year=2001 , passage=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. citation
  • (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
  • (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Nothing to Crow About , group=rec.sport.football.australian , author=Mr Ripper , date=August 16 , year=1999 , passage=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. citation
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    • , title=Eng v Aus 1977 , group=aus.sport.cricket , author=Cas. , date=June 9 , year=2001 , passage=Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test. citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=POLISER- Roosters v Bulldogs , group=aus.sport.rugby-league , author=Greg Vincent }:c{ , date=June 5 , year=2004 , passage=It'll make the Raiders look good.  Getting flogged' by a team that got '''flogged''' by a team that got ' flogged by the Bulldogs. citation
  • (agriculture) To exploit.
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    • Synonyms

    * (to whip or scourge) whip

    Derived terms

    * flog a dead horse * flogger * flog the log

    See also

    * flail * flay * vapulate

    Anagrams

    * golf ----

    strap

    English

    (wikipedia strap)

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
  • A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
  • * (rfdate) Addison:
    • A lively cobbler that had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap .
  • Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  • A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  • A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
  • # (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
  • # (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  • (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  • (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  • A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
  • (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

    • Derived terms

    * boot strap * shawl strap * stirrup strap * strapless * strap beam

    Verb

  • To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
  • To fasten or bind with a strap.
  • To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

    • Derived terms

    * strap on a pair * strap-on

    Anagrams

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