Noun

• S: (n) flail (an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing)
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• W: (v) flail [Related to: flail] (give a thrashing to; beat hard)

Verb

• S: (v) thrash, thresh, lam, flail (give a thrashing to; beat hard)
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• S: (v) flail, thresh (move like a flail; thresh about) "Her arms were flailing"
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