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flagellate

noun

1 flagellate

A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.

synonyms: flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore.

Dutch: zweepdiertje
Polish: wiciowiec

verb

1 flagellate

Whip:
— The religious fanatics flagellated themselves.

synonym: scourge.

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

adjective

1 flagellate

Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).

synonyms: flagellated, lash-like, whiplike.

Polish: wiciowy


Moby thesaurus: baste, bastinado, beat, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, cane, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, drub, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hide, horsewhip ... show more.

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