flail
Meaning of flail
noun
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- To beat using a flail or similar implement.
- To wave or swing vigorously
- To thresh.
- To move like a flail.
He was flailing wildly, but didn't land a blow.
Information about flail
- The plural form of flail is: flails.
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Hyphenation of flail
flail
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- flail is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flail synonyms
Meaning thrash:
Meaning thresh:
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Translation of flail
- German: Dreschflegel
- French: fléau
- Spanish: mayal
- Portuguese: mangual
- Italian: correggiato
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