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Meaning of vapulate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt

Definitions

  1. To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
    obsolete, transitive
  2. To be flogged, beaten etc.
    intransitive, obsolete

Examples

“In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vapulated vapulates vapulating varder vardered vardering

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