A flail is a weapon.
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Flail
//fleɪl//
Synonyms for "flail" (87 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
157 translations across 52 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əmud noun (weapon)
Belarusian
1 entries- цэп noun (tool)
Breton
2 entries- freilh noun (tool)
- freilh-brezel noun (weapon)
Bulgarian
4 entries- млати́ло noun (weapon)
- млатило noun (tool)
- цеп noun (tool)
- вършея ръчно verb (to thresh)
Catalan
2 entries- batolles noun (tool)
- flagell noun (tool)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 枷 noun (tool)
- 耞 noun (tool)
- 連枷 /连枷 noun (tool)
- 連枷 /连枷 noun (weapon)
Czech
2 entries- cep noun (tool)
- řemdih noun (weapon)
Dalmatian
1 entries- frazial noun (tool)
Danish
3 entries- kampplejl noun (weapon)
- plejl noun (tool)
- stridsplejl noun (weapon)
Dutch
4 entries- dorsvlegel noun (tool)
- strijdvlegel noun (weapon)
- vlegel noun (tool)
- dorsen verb (to thresh)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- сапондо noun (tool)
Esperanto
3 entries- draŝilo noun (tool)
- barakti verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
- draŝi verb (to thresh)
Estonian
2 entries- koot noun (tool)
- pint noun (tool)
Finnish
4 entries- ketjukuulanuija noun (weapon)
- sotavarsta noun (weapon)
- varsta noun (tool)
- huitoa verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
French
4 entries- fléau noun (tool)
- fléau d’armes noun (weapon)
- battre verb (to thresh)
- passer à tabac verb (to thresh)
Galician
4 entries- mal noun (tool)
- mallo noun (tool)
- manle noun (tool)
- manlle noun (tool)
Georgian
1 entries- ლახტი noun (weapon)
German
4 entries- Dreschflegel noun (tool)
- Flegel noun (tool)
- Flegel noun (weapon)
- Kriegsflegel noun (weapon)
Greek
2 entries- κόπανος noun (tool)
- σφαδάζω verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
Hungarian
4 entries- cséphadaró noun (tool)
- láncos buzogány noun (weapon)
- csapkod verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
- csépel verb (to thresh)
Ingrian
1 entries- raaka noun (tool)
Irish
2 entries- súiste noun (tool)
- súiste noun (weapon)
Italian
2 entries- correggiato noun (tool)
- mazzafrusto noun (weapon)
Japanese
4 entries- フレイル noun (weapon)
- 唐棹 noun (tool)
- 連接棍 noun (weapon)
- 連接棍棒 noun (weapon)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- вартан noun (tool)
Latin
2 entries- pertica trituaria noun (tool)
- tritorium bellicum noun (weapon)
Latvian
1 entries- sprigulis noun (tool)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cepy noun (tool)
Macedonian
4 entries- вршилка noun (tool)
- млат noun (weapon)
- чу́кало noun (tool)
- чу́кало noun (weapon)
Middle English
1 entries- fleyl noun (tool)
Māori
2 entries- karawhiu noun (tool)
- tuangau verb (to beat with a flail or similar tool)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دوگن noun (tool)
Persian
1 entries- سالیخ noun (weapon)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Fläajel noun (tool)
Polish
3 entries- cep noun (tool)
- cep bojowy noun (weapon)
- kiścień noun (weapon)
Portuguese
4 entries- malho noun (tool)
- mangual noun (tool)
- mangual noun (weapon)
- debulhar verb (to thresh)
Romanian
2 entries- buzdugan noun (weapon)
- îmblăciu noun (tool)
Romansch
2 entries- flagè noun (tool)
- squassuir noun (tool)
Russian
4 entries- кисте́нь noun (weapon)
- цеп noun (tool)
- маха́ть verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
- молоти́ть verb (to thresh)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cȇp noun (tool)
- mlàtilo noun (weapon)
- mlȃt noun (tool)
- mlȃt noun (weapon)
Slovak
3 entries- cep noun (tool)
- remdik noun (weapon)
- řemdih noun (weapon)
Slovene
2 entries- cepec noun (tool)
- mlat noun (weapon)
Spanish
4 entries- mayal noun (tool)
- mayal de armas noun (weapon)
- agitarse verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
- debatirse verb (to wave or swing vigorously)
Swedish
4 entries- pläjel noun (tool)
- prägel noun (tool)
- präjel noun (tool)
- slaga noun (tool)
Tagalog
1 entries- tiyuka noun (tool)
Tarifit
2 entries- azduz noun (tool)
- azduz noun (weapon)
Turkish
1 entries- gürz noun (weapon)
Udmurt
1 entries- кутэс noun (tool)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ціп noun (tool)
Walloon
1 entries- flayea noun (tool)
Welsh
2 entries- dyrnflaidd noun (weapon)
- ffust noun (tool)
Western Mari
1 entries- сепанды noun (tool)
Sample 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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