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flail - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'flail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flail [ n.]
- An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.
- An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

Meaning of 'flail' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flail [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move like a flail; thresh about
Example in sentence:
  • Her arms were flailing