Definition of flog
flogged;
flogging
transitive verb
1 a
:to beat with or as if with a rod or whip
- The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny.
b
:to criticize harshly
- He was flogged in the press for failing to take action.
2
:to force or urge into action :drive
3 a
chiefly British
:to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally
- flogged their employers' petrol to ordinary motorists
- —Economist
b
:sell 7
- traveled by horse, flogging encyclopedias
- —Robert Darnton
- flogging wares at the local discount outlet
- —Ronald Henkoff
c
:to promote aggressively :plug
- flying around the world flogging your movies
- —Peter Bogdanovich
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