flagellate
📖 Definitions
verb tr.
To punish, especially by whipping.
noun
An organism having a whip-like appendage that’s used for locomotion, such as swimming.
adjective
Relating to such an organism.
💬 Usage Examples
“This being macho Mexico, even women who want to whip themselves are not allowed the same freedoms as men. Animas who want to lash themselves must do so in private. Their public manifestations must remain free of any form of self-flagellation or blood-letting.” Linda Diebel; The Right to Bear Whips: In Macho Mexico, Even Women Who Want to Flagellate Themselves Are Discriminated Against; Toronto Star (Canada); Mar 28, 1999. “A novel that three of us had turned down last year ... had just been shortlisted for the Booker.
There was no real point in that kind of after-the-event flagellation, but we flagellated away all the same.” Judith Flanders; A Bed of Scorpions; Minotaur; 2016.