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Flail

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Noun

1. flail

an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

Verb

2. flail, lam, thrash, thresh

give a thrashing to; beat hard

3. flail, thresh

move like a flail; thresh about

Example Sentences:
'Her arms were flailing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flail

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noun
1. 
an implement used for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle with a free-swinging metal or wooden bar attached to it
2. 
a weapon so shaped used in the Middle Ages
verb
3. (transitive)
to beat or thrash with or as if with a flail
4. 
to move or be moved like a flail; thresh about
with arms flailing

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Flail

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noun
1. 
a farm tool consisting of a free-swinging stick tied to the end of a long handle, used to thresh grain
verb transitive, verb intransitive
2. 
to thresh with a flail
3. 
to strike or beat as with a flail
4. 
to move (one's arms) about like flails

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Flail

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n.
A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
v. flailed, flail·ing, flails
v.tr.
1. To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins.
2. To wave or swing vigorously; thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention.
3. To thresh using a flail.
v.intr.
1. To move vigorously or erratically; thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water.
2. To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
3. To make energetic but aimless or or ineffectual efforts: "As the end of law school approached, Hill flailed briefly in numerous professional directions" (Molly Worthen).
4. To thresh grain.

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