(transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement. / (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously / (transitive) To thresh. / (intransitive) To move like a flail.

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.

plural of flailing

A flailing action or motion.

plural of flail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flail

simple past tense and past participle of flail

present participle of flail

(medicine) A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.

(intransitive) To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.