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flailed

Meaning of flailed

verb, past tense
  1. wave or swing wildly.
    his arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance
  2. 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 flailed

  • It is a verb.

Hyphenation of flailed

flailed

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 letters.
  • flailed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flailed synonyms

Meaning move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal:

wave

Meaning move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:

swing

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:

windmill

Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:

thrash

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:

beat

Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:

strike

Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:

batter

Meaning hit or beat (someone) repeatedly:

drub

Meaning beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment:

flog

Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:

whip

Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:

lash

Meaning whip (someone) as a punishment:

scourge

Meaning strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass):

flay

Meaning flog (someone), either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification:

flagellate

Meaning fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap:

strap

Meaning change the position, direction, or focus of:

switch

Meaning beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment:

tan

Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:

cane

Meaning hit (someone or something) hard:

clout

Meaning provide with a welt:

welt

Meaning strike or hit very hard:

wallop

Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:

whack

Meaning hit hard; strike:

lam

Meaning thrash or whip (a person or animal):

larrup