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Main Entry: flog Listen to the pronunciation of 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>