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flail

/fleɪl/

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verb
move like a flail; thresh about
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"Her arms were flailing"

Similar:

thresh

type of:
beat flap
verb
give a thrashing to; beat hard
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Similar:

lam thrash thresh

type of:
beat work over beat up
noun
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
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type of:
implement

Examples of flail

"Her arms were flailing"