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Flail
fleɪl
Flail definitions
noun
flail
flails
- a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it
- a device similar to a flail, used as a weapon or for flogging
- a machine having a similar action to a flail, used for threshing or slashing
"a flail hedge trimmer"
verb
flail
flailed
flailing
flails
- wave or swing wildly
"his arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance"
- flounder; struggle uselessly
"I was flailing about in the water"
- beat or flog (someone)
"he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane"
thrash beat strike batter drub flog whip lash scourge flay flagellate strap switch tan cane tan/whip someone's hide give someone a hiding beat the living daylights out of clout welt belabour- cut (vegetation) with a flail
"the modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters"