flagellate
verb
[ ˈfladʒ(ə)leɪt ]
• flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification.
• "he flagellated himself with branches"
Similar:
flog,
whip,
beat,
scourge,
lash,
birch,
switch,
tan,
strap,
belt,
cane,
thrash,
leather,
flail,
flay,
welt,
horsewhip,
tan/whip someone's hide,
give someone a hiding,
strike,
hit,
spank,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin flagellat- ‘whipped’, from flagellare .
flagellate
noun
• a protozoan that has one or more flagella used for swimming.
flagellate
adjective
• (of a cell or single-celled organism) bearing one or more flagella.
• "motile flagellate cells"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from flagellum + -ate2.
