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flail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of flail

1 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 of flail

beat, flap, flop, flutter, whip

Words Related to flail

bang, batter, buffet, knock, pound, smack, spank, thump

flick, flicker, flit

fan, oscillate, sway, swing

palpitate, pulse, throb

2 to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed

Synonyms of flail

birch, cowhide, flagellate, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, leather, rawhide, scourge, slash, switch, tan, thrash, whale, whip

Words Related to flail

knout, quirt, strap

flick, touch up

blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate

bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack

bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over

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