flailing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of flailingnext
as in flapping

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flailing

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verb

present participle of flail
1
as in fluttering
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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as in whipping
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed

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“Flailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flailing. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.

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