Flail - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fleɪl|
Brit.
|fleɪl|
noun
- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard (syn: lam, thrash, thresh)
- move like a flail; thresh about (syn: thresh)
- move like a flail; thresh about (syn: thresh)
Her arms were flailing
Extra examples
They were flailing their arms to drive away the insects.
The wounded animal lay on the ground, flailing helplessly.
He was wildly flailing about on the dance floor.
The bird's wings flailed the water.
He flailed wildly as she tried to hold him down.
James flailed about in the shallow water.
Her arms were flailing
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: flail
he/she/it: flails
present participle: flailing
past tense: flailed
past participle: flailed
I/you/we/they: flail
he/she/it: flails
present participle: flailing
past tense: flailed
past participle: flailed
noun
singular: flail
plural: flails
singular: flail
plural: flails
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