The meaning of Flails
Flails – definition
nounA threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
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In some middle eastern locations, the same animals dragged a sledge over the ears, or workers manua…
verbWave or swing wildly.
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His arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance
verbTo wave something, esp. arms or legs, energetically but with little or no control
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[ i ] his hands flailed wildly.
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Word origin
Old English, of West Germanic origin, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip’ (see flagellum); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel .
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