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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flog /flɑg, flɔg/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], flogged, flog•ging. - to beat with or as if with a whip or stick:flogging prisoners.
- [Slang.]
- to sell, esp. aggressively:flogged used cars for a living.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flog (flog, flôg),USA pronunciation v.t., flogged, flog•ging. - to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment;
whip;
scourge. - [Slang.]
- to sell, esp. aggressively or vigorously.
- to promote;
publicize.
- 1670–80; perh. blend of, blended flay and jog, variant of jag1 to prick, slash; but compare flagellate
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged thrash, lash.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flog /flɒɡ/ vb (flogs, flogging, flogged)- (transitive) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc
- (transitive) Brit slang to sell
- (intransitive) to make progress by painful work
- NZ to steal
- flog a dead horse ⇒ chiefly Brit to harp on some long discarded subject
- to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Latin flagellāre; see flagellantˈflogger n |