flail | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. flail | an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing. |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
v. (contact) | 2. flail, lam, thrash, thresh | give a thrashing to; beat hard. |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrash | beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
v. (motion) | 3. flail, thresh | move like a flail; thresh about.; "Her arms were flailing" |
| ~ flap, beat | move with a flapping motion.; "The bird's wings were flapping" |
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