transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfläg ]
verb
( flogged ; flog·ging )
Etymology: perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip — more at flagellate
Date: circa 1676
transitive verb
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 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
4. British : steal 1
intransitive verb
1. : flap , flutter
sails flogging
2. British : to move along with difficulty : slog
• flog·ger noun