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vapulations

vapulations is the plural of vapulation.

Meaning of vapulation

Noun

vapulation (usually uncountable, plural vapulations)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The act of beating or whipping.
    • He all the time begs their Mercy, like an Offender at a Whipping-Post, and beseeches their forbearance; but the more importunate he seems for their favourable usage, the severer Vapulation they are to exercise upon him […].1698, Ned Ward, The London Spy, I.2

Questions about vapulations

What is vapulations the plural of?
Vapulations is the plural of vapulation.

Words near vapulations in the dictionary

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

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