flog

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flog

[flog, flawg]

–verb (used with object), flogged, flog⋅ging.

1.	to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment; whip; scourge.

Slang.

a.	to sell, esp. aggressively or vigorously.

b.	to promote; publicize.

Origin:
1670–80; perh. b. flay and jog, var. of jag ¹ to prick, slash; but cf. flagellate

Related forms:

flog⋅ga⋅ble, adjective

flogger, noun

Synonyms:
1. thrash, lash.

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flog (flŏg, flôg)

tr.v. flogged, flog·ging, flogs

To beat severely with a whip or rod.
Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

[Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellāre; see flagellate.]
flog'ger n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary

flog [flɑg]

tv.
to promote, hype, or support something; to try to sell something aggressively. : Fred was flogging this car so hard, I figured he was trying to get rid of it.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flog

1676, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of L. flagellare "flagellate."

Idioms & Phrases

flog

see beat a dead horse.

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