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flog
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)
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
- (transitive, Britain, slang) To sell.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
Synonyms
- (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
flog (plural flogs)
- (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person.
See also
- flail
- flay
- vapulate
Etymology 2
Blend of fake +? blog
Noun
flog (plural flogs)
- (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), […]
- 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder
Synonyms
- spamblog
- splog
References
Anagrams
- GLOF, golf
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flo?k/
Verb
flog
- 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)
- (obsolete, poetic) flight (the act of flying)
- seizure (sudden attack [of an illness], convulsion, e.g. an epileptic seizure)
- 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)
- a flight (the act of flying)
- a steep drop, near vertical cliff
References
- “flog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
Noun
flog (nominative plural flogs)
- flake
Declension
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vl??/
Noun
flog
- Soft mutation of blog.
Mutation
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switch
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”). First known use in c. 1592.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?ch, IPA(key): /sw?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
switch (plural switches)
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- A change or exchange.
- (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."
- 2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15:
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- 2004, "Curt", Can I use IF statements, and still use switches? (on newsgroup microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields)
- (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.
- 2012, Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
- (historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
Synonyms
- (section of railroad track): (UK) points
- (whip): crop
- (command-line notation): flag, option, specifier
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
switch (third-person singular simple present switches, present participle switching, simple past and past participle switched)
- (transitive) To exchange.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To swing or whisk.
- to switch a cane
- To be swung or whisked.
- The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
- To trim.
- to switch a hedge
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
Synonyms
- (to exchange): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Translations
Adjective
switch (not comparable)
- (snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
- (freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Coordinate terms
(snowboarding):
- goofy
- regular
Translations
See also
- switch off
- switch on
References
Further reading
- switch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- switch (corporal punishment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
switch
- (BDSM) switch
Declension
French
Etymology
English switch
Adjective
switch
- (skiing, snowboarding) switch.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English switch.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?swit??/
Noun
switch m (plural switches or switch)
- (networking) switch (device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)
- (computing) switch (command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour)
- (programming) switch (construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression)
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