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| flailing | |
| 1. n. A flailing action or motion. |  |
| The drowning man's flailings soon attracted the lifeguard's attention. | |
| flail | |
| 1. n. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | |
| 2. n. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | |
| 3. v. To beat using a flail or similar implement. | |
| 4. v. To wave or swing vigorously | |
| 5. v. To thresh. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To move like a flail. | |
| He was flailing wildly, but didn't land a blow. | |
