flail
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/fleɪl/
🇬🇧
/fleɪl/
verb
R
To swing arms or legs around in a wild or uncontrolled way.
The child flailed his arms in excitement.
R
To strike something or someone repeatedly and forcefully.
The man flailed the branch against the tree.
noun
R
A tool with a long handle and a swinging mechanism used for threshing grain.
The farmer used a flail to separate the wheat from the chaff.
translation
To swing arms or legs around in a wild or uncontrolled way.; To strike something or someone repeatedly and forcefully.
A tool with a long handle and a swinging mechanism used for threshing grain.
Word Forms
3rd Present
flails
Past
flailed
Perfect
flailed
Progressive
flailing
Plural
flails