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vapulating

vapulating is the present participle and gerund of vapulate.

Meaning of vapulate

Verb

vapulate (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
  2. (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.1828, Samuel Parr, John Johnstone, The Works of Samuel Parr etc

Questions about vapulating

What is vapulating the present participle and gerund of?
Vapulating is the present participle and gerund of vapulate.

Words near vapulating in the dictionary

  1. vaptans
  2. vapulary
  3. vapulate
  4. vapulated
  5. vapulates
  6. vapulating
  7. vapulation
  8. vapulations
  9. vapulatory
  10. Vaquera
  11. Vaquerano

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