Synonyms of flail

flail 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to flutter

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flutter
• flap
• whip
• flop
• swing
• wave
• sway
• smack
• thump
• flick
• beat
• knock
• flit
• bang
• pound
• oscillate
• spank
• flicker
• batter
• pulse
• fan
• undulate
• throb
• buffet
• palpitate

2

as in to whip

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whip
• hide
• slash
• flick
• thrash
• slap
• lash
• hit
• flagellate
• switch
• flog
• maul
• leather
• punch
• spank
• cut
• smack
• scourge
• knock
• whale
• horsewhip
• bat
• whack
• lick
• clap
• birch
• cowhide
• bang
• strap
• tan
• pound
• thump
• rawhide
• clip
• beat
• cane
• swipe
• knout
• swat
• pummel
• cudgel
• smite
• quirt
• hammer
• pelt
• bludgeon
• thwack
• bop
• paddle
• box
• club
• bash
• clobber
• mangle
• rough
• slug
• crack
• belt
• cuff
• thresh
• pommel
• touch up
• sock
• lather
• lambaste
• blackjack
• paste
• bust
• batter
• clout
• bung
• slate
• lam
• drub
• fustigate
• slog
• whop
• whup
• work over
• whap
• wallop
• tromp
• pistol-whip
• fib
• lambast
• belabor
• lace
• baste
• buffet

flail

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noun

as in bludgeon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bludgeon
• cudgel
• cane
• baton
• billy
• bat
• nightstick
• bastinado
• strap
• staff
• knout
• billy club
• whip
• hickory
• quirt
• bullwhip
• rattan
• club
• bastinade
• crop
• birch
• blacksnake
• flogger
• lash
• rawhide
• cowhide
• cat-o'-nine-tails
• switch
• scourge