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floggable

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flog

  [flog, flawg]
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–verb (used with object), flogged, flog⋅ging.
1. to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment; whip; scourge.
2. 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 [flɑg]

  1. 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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