flails
Meaning of flails
plural noun
a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
verb, 3rd person present- wave or swing wildly.
his arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance
- beat or flog (someone).
he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane
Old English, of West Germanic origin, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip’ (see flagellum); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel .
Information about flails
- The singular form of flails is: flail.
- Languages in which flails is used:
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Hyphenation of flails
flails
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- flails is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flails synonyms
Meaning move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal:
Meaning move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:
Meaning (with reference to a person's arms) move or be moved round in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:
Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning hit or beat (someone) repeatedly:
Meaning beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:
Meaning whip (someone) as a punishment:
Meaning strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass):
Meaning flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:
Meaning fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap:
Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:
Meaning beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment:
Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning hit (someone or something) hard:
Meaning provide with a welt:
Meaning strike or hit very hard:
Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:
Meaning hit hard; strike:
Meaning thrash or whip (a person or animal):
Words that rhyme with flails
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