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- Dictionaryflail/flāl/
noun
- 1. a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
verb
- 1. wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly: "his arms were flailing helplessly" Similar
- 2. beat; flog: "he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane" Similar
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The meaning of FLAIL is a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely. How to use flail in a sentence.
FLAIL definition: 1. (especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way: 2. a tool…. Learn more.
Flail definition: an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle with a freely swinging stick or bar attached to one end of it.. See examples of FLAIL used in a sentence.
To flail means to wave around wildly. If you are stranded on a deserted island and you see a ship in the distance, it’s a good idea to flail your arms in the air to get the captain’s attention. Flail originates with the Latin word flagellum, which is a whip.
A flail is a tool which consists of a piece of wood or metal that can swing freely from a handle. Flails are used to beat crops such as corn in order to separate the grain from the rest of the plant.
[intransitive, transitive] flail (something) (about/around) to move around without control; to move your arms and legs around without control. The boys flailed around on the floor. He was running along, his arms flailing wildly.
1. (Agriculture) an implement used for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle with a free-swinging metal or wooden bar attached to it. 2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a weapon so shaped used in the Middle Ages. vb. 3. (tr) to beat or thrash with or as if with a flail.
FLAIL meaning: 1. (especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way: 2. a tool…. Learn more.
(also flail about/around) to wave or move your arms and legs about energetically and in an uncontrolled way: The wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.
Definitions of 'flail' If your arms or legs flail or if you flail them about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'flail' American English: fleɪl British English: fleɪl. More. Conjugations of 'flail' present simple: I flail, you flail [...] past simple: I flailed, you flailed [...]
