verb (used with object), flogged, flog·ging.
1.
to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
2.
Slang.
a.
to sell, especially aggressively or vigorously.
b.
to promote; publicize.
Related forms
flog·ga·ble, adjective
flog·ger, noun
o·ver·flog, verb (used with object), o·ver·flogged, o·ver·flog·ging.
un·flog·ga·ble, adjective
un·flogged, adjective
Synonyms
1. thrash, lash.
1. thrash, lash.
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| —vb , flogs, flogging, flogged | |
| 1. | (tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc |
| 2. | slang (Brit) (tr) to sell |
| 3. | (intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind |
| 4. | (intr) to make progress by painful work |
| 5. | (NZ) to steal |
| 6. | chiefly (Brit) flog a dead horse |
| a. to harp on some long discarded subject | |
| b. to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble | |
| 7. | flog to death to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it |
| [C17: probably from Latin flagellāre; see | |
| 'flogger | |
| —n | |
| 'flogging | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
flog
1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of L. flagellare "flagellate." Related: Flogged; flogging
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
flog definition[flɑg]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
The health trend has provided new ways to flog old products.
Not when you manage to flog almost eight million shares.
Baker's successors have continued to flog less for over two centuries.
But sometimes the features that they do flog are so far away from what really matters, it's almost laughable.
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