[flog] vb flogged ; flog.ging [perh. modif. of L flagellare to whip--more at flagellate] vt (ca. 1676) 1 a: to beat with or as if with a rod or whip b: to criticize harshly
2: to force or urge into action: drive 3 a chiefly Brit: 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"
4. Brit: steal 1 ~ vi 1: flap, flutter "sails flogging"
2. Brit: to move along with difficulty: slog -- flog.ger n