vapulate

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vapulate

/ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/ UK
/ˈvæp.jə.leɪt/ US

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Borrowed from Latin vāpulō.

verb vapulates · vapulating · vapulated

obsolete, transitive To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
intransitive, obsolete To be flogged, beaten etc. In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.

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@misc{vapulate_2026,
  title = {vapulate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vapulate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}