flagellate
verb /ˈflædʒəleɪt/
/ˈflædʒəleɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flagellate | /ˈflædʒəleɪt/ /ˈflædʒəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it flagellates | /ˈflædʒəleɪts/ /ˈflædʒəleɪts/ |
| past simple flagellated | /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪd/ /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle flagellated | /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪd/ /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form flagellating | /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflædʒəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- flagellate somebody/yourself to whip yourself or somebody else, especially as a religious punishment or as a way of experiencing sexual pleasureWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin flagellat- ‘whipped’, from flagellare.