different between flog vs needle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Rhymes: -??
• (US) IPA^(key): /fl??/

Etymology 1

From unattested Old English *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukk?n? (“to beat”), itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *fl?kan?. The original zero-grade iterative *flakk?n? had been misinterpreted as an o-grade. See flack (“to beat”), also as a dialectal noun "a blow, slap".

Verb

flog (third-person singular simple present flogs, present participle flogging, simple past and past participle flogged)

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
2. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
3. (transitive, Britain, slang) To sell.
4. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
5. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
6. (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
7. (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

Synonyms

• (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

flog (plural flogs)

1. (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person.

See also

• flail
• flay
• vapulate

Etymology 2

Blend of fake +? blog

Noun

flog (plural flogs)

1. (Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
   • 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder

     Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.

   • 2009, Nico Carpentier, Benjamin De Cleen, Participation and Media Production: Critical Reflections on Content Creation (page 33)

     An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.

   • 2010, Beata Klimkiewicz, Media Freedom and Pluralism

     […] hidden advertising and flogs (the use of “personal blogs” for unfair commercial and political purposes), […]

Synonyms

• spamblog
• splog

References

Anagrams

• GLOF, golf

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo?k/

Verb

flog

1. past tense of fliegen

Icelandic

Etymology

Doublet (showing a-mutation) of flug (“flight; cliff”), from Old Norse flog, flug (“flight; cliff; an illness of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *flug?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

flog n (genitive singular flogs, nominative plural flog)

1. (obsolete, poetic) flight (the act of flying)
2. seizure (sudden attack [of an illness], convulsion, e.g. an epileptic seizure)
3. seizure (sudden onset of pain)

Declension

Related terms

• flogaveiki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse flog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo??/

Noun

flog n (definite singular floget, indefinite plural flog, definite plural floga)

1. a flight (the act of flying)
2. a steep drop, near vertical cliff

References

• “flog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Noun

flog (nominative plural flogs)

1. flake

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /vl??/

Noun

flog

1. Soft mutation of blog.

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English nedle, from Old English n?dl, from Proto-West Germanic *n?þlu, from Proto-Germanic *n?þl?, from pre-Germanic *neh?-tleh?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh?- (“to spin, twist”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ni?.dl/
• Rhymes: -i?d?l

Noun

needle (plural needles)

1. A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

2. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
3. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

4. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

5. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
6. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
7. (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
8. (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
9. (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• acerate
• eye
• pin

Verb

needle (third-person singular simple present needles, present participle needling, simple past and past participle needled)

1. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
   • 1892, H. Lindo Ferguson, "Operation on Microphthamlmic Eyes", Ophthalmic Review, volume 11, page 48

     […] the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.

   • 2000, Felix Mann, Reinventing Acupuncture, page 109

     Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal.

2. (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

   Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

   • 1984, Leopold Caligor, Philip M. Bromberg, & James D. Meltzer, Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, page 14

     FRED: Well, I teased her to some extent, or I needled her, not teased her. I needled her about—first I said that she didn't want to work, and then I think that there were a couple of comments.

   • 2015 Carl Gleba, "Megaverse in Flames", Rifts World Book 35

     To needle Lady Leviathan, Hel has convinced her husband to agree to the heartful offer.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

   to needle crystals

Synonyms

• (to tease): goad, tease

Translations

Anagrams

• Edelen, ledene, lendee