flog

[ flog, flawg ]

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verb (used with object),flogged, flog·ging.

to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
Slang.
- to sell, especially aggressively or vigorously.
- to promote; publicize.

Origin of flog

First recorded in 1670–80; perhaps blend of flay and jog, variant of jag¹ “to prick, slash”; but cf. flagellate

Other words for flog

1	thrash, lash

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Other words from flog

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

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British Dictionary definitions for flog

flog

/ (flɒɡ) /

verbflogs, flogging or flogged

(tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc
(tr) British slang to sell

(intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind
(intr) to make progress by painful work
NZ to steal
flog a dead horse mainly British
- to harp on some long discarded subject
- to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble
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

Origin of flog

C17: probably from Latin flagellāre; see flagellant

Derived forms of flog

flogger, noun
flogging, noun

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Other Idioms and Phrases with flog

flog

see beat a dead horse.

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