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flagellate
verb
- flagellated, flagellating
1. To whip someone or oneself, for the purposes either of religious penance or for sexual stimulation.
- Thesaurus: beat, whip, flog, thrash, flay.
- 1. biol.
- Having or relating to a flagellum or flagella.
- 1. Any of a group of single-celled protozoan animals, including free-living marine and freshwater species, as well as parasitic species, characterized by the possession of one or more flagella.
