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Synonyms of flail
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
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2
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
- gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed
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flail
nounSynonyms of flail (Entry 2 of 2)
as in bludgeon, cudgel
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The first known use of flail was before the 12th century
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