A flail is a weapon.
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Flail
/fleɪl/
Synonyms for "flail" (107 found)
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9 entriesarm swingball and chainbeat grainbrandish motionchain flailspiked flailthrashing motionthresh graintossing about
Collocations
11 entriesagricultural flailball and chainchain and thongsflail mechanismflail weaponflailing armsgrain threshinghand flailspiked headthreshing toolwooden handle
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6 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Don't just flail around aimlessly. You need a plan.
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Our eyes may bulge, our arms may flail but that does not necessarily mean that there is any greater lack of freedom here than there is anywhere else.
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When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end;
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