Main Entry:: flog
Pronunciation:: \ˈfläg\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: flogged; flog·ging
Etymology:: perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip — more at flagellate
Date:: circa 1676

transitive verb1 a: to beat with or as if with a rod or whip b: to criticize harshly2: to force or urge into action : drive3 achiefly British : to sell (as stolen goods) illegally <flogged their employers' petrol to ordinary motorists — Economist> b: sell 7 <traveled by horse, flogging encyclopedias — Robert Darnton> c: to promote aggressively : plug <flying around the world flogging your movies — Peter Bogdanovich>4British : steal 1intransitive verb1: flap , flutter <sails flogging>2British : to move along with difficulty : slog

— flog·ger noun

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