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noun
Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Narrower terms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping
noun
beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
History
From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).
From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.
Across languages
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