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FUSTIGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fustigate mean?
• FUSTIGATE (verb)
The verb FUSTIGATE has 1 sense:
1. strike with a cudgel
Familiarity information: FUSTIGATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strike with a cudgel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cudgel; fustigate
Hypernyms (to "fustigate" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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