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flail
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Verb
To lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument
To swing or wave wildly
To flounder or struggle about, typically to no avail
To move or jolt around unsteadily or abruptly
Noun
A long, thin and pliant instrument used for striking or flogging
An act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side
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To lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument
flog
whip
thrash
lash
tan
birch
beat
whale
switch
scourge
flagellate
batter
hide
wallop
strike
hit
leather
bash
horsewhip
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
drub
cane
club
slash
smack
knock
cowhide
strap
thresh
rawhide
whack
clout
thwack
flay
sock
larrup
slug
welt
lam
smash
maltreat
belabor
US
belabour
UK
give someone a hiding
beat the living daylights out of
give someone a good hiding
whip someone's hide
belt
lambaste
pelt
lather
pound
bat
hammer
lick
bludgeon
slog
lace
thump
buffet
paddle
slate
lambast
pommel
baste
spank
maul
whop
whap
whup
tromp
punish
work over
fib
curry
punch
bung up
rough up
mess up
punch out
slap
clobber
paste
rap
box
bang
stripe
do
swat
bruise
cudgel
smite
chastise
trounce
break
biff
cuff
whomp
bop
crack
wax
assault
tan one's hide
let someone have it
rain blows on
lay one on
knock around
bullwhip
castigate
quirt
thong
clip
slam
ferule
swipe
bust
deck
tan someone's hide
clock
nail
pop
flax
take a strap to
trash
bonk
jab
zap
clap
bob
chin
tag
ram
lacerate
tonk
tap
mash
mutilate
knock about
KO
knock into the middle of next week
lay into
pitch
flutter
flop
flap
hit repeatedly
harass
excoriate
scathe
abuse
attack
crush
assail
drum
plug
hook
bump
manhandle
do over
fill in
sucker-punch
take care of
break face
put in the hospital
beat up
lean on
crown
floor
hit hard
punish severely
blast
slosh
quilt
uppercut
give the cat o'nine tails
kick
ding
stone
lob
pellet
dot
percuss
brain
dab
dong
blitz
whang
welly
swinge
boff
knock out
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good drubbing
ride roughshod
lace into
give a black eye
let fly
give someone a beating
give someone a good beating
king-hit
zonk
pitch into
stick one on
paddlewhack
injure
warm someone's seat
dust someone's britches
wound
damage
harm
impair
disable
incapacitate
gash
graze
scratch
hurt
cut
bang up
put out
pulverize
US
cause pain to
pinch
mangle
scrape
cause injury to
maim
pulverise
UK
total
light into
mistreat
thud
beat up on
tear into
brutalize
US
sail into
set about
brutalise
UK
ill-treat
have a go at
set upon
crash
get stuck into
persecute
wham
let fly at
bully
mishandle
duff up
molest
lash out at
torture
drive
roughhouse
set on
turn on
fall on
handle roughly
weigh into
cosh
treat badly
poke
kick around
mess over
stab
blow
misuse
ill-use
thrust
torment
afflict
impact
chop
dash
round on
victimize
US
give someone the works
butt
victimise
UK
pounce on
slap around
treat roughly
bash up
draw
forge
skelp
fustigate
crucify
shove
dig
push
wrong
prod
assault physically
aim blows at
jump
oppress
fly at
impinge
collide
elbow
strike out at
hit out at
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
propel
fall upon
lunge
jolt
twack
box someone's ears
tip
pounce upon
beat to a pulp
bump into
get at
crash into
slam into
cut up
shake up
bombard
defeat
yerk
blister
hack
contuse
jerk
shake
whisk
handle
knob
finial
saddlebow
stroke
fillip
haymaker
thump on
knock on
aggress
bear down
wear out
bam
bushwhack
clump
hang one on
conk
take out
plant one
rain blows upon
impel
chip
besiege
knock cold
blackjack
sink
let have it
strike out
thrash about
flail around
hit out
pick
stinger
plump
nudge
lay a finger on
plunge
knock block off
mug
knock for a loop
contact
pulp
send
mar
physically attack
neglect
catch
malleate
spike
strike at
bust up
screw
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
give black eye
ruin
knock someone's lights out
beat someone's brains out
go for
connect with
jump down one's throat
run
jog
come down on
haul off on
interfere with
be violent toward
invade
jackhammer
stick
skin
pat
battle
peck
lay about
be hurled
palpate
give it to someone
give someone what for
give a going over
fix someone's wagon
have someone's guts for garters
skin alive
give a lesson to
slap lightly
hit lightly
strike lightly
misemploy
martyr
fire at
prostitute
martyrize
criticize
US
outrage
censure
rebuke
berate
put on the rack
reprimand
upbraid
savage
potshot
vilify
vituperate
carpet
reprove
criticise
UK
put down
shellac
rail at
diss
jump on
flame
chew out
terrorize
US
hassle
bang into
run over
clash
plough into
crack into
rear-end
plow into
come into collision
cannon into
pile up
meet head-on
knock into
go into
sideswipe
dash against
crunch
come into collision with
impact with
crack against
smash into
fender-bend
barrel into
smack into
run into
needle
hound
immolate
use
demonize
US
demonise
UK
terrorise
UK
stack the deck
push around
have a down on
be down on
have it in for
make things hot for someone
discriminate against
punish unfairly
get on someone's back
give a hard time
have your knife into
pick on
more ❯
“He would wake at midnight and
flail
himself with a spiked rope and was often found raptured in prayer.”
Verb
▲
To swing or wave wildly
flutter
flap
wave
swing
beat
flop
whip
windmill
whirl
beat about
flap about
move erratically
thrash about
quiver
thresh
shake
wag
ripple
undulate
oscillate
tremble
blow
thrash
sway
stir
fly
waggle
swish
vibrate
wobble
waver
move to and fro
agitate
wiggle
move
flit
pulsate
ruffle
palpitate
sweep
waft
quaver
reel
move up and down
stream
dangle
twitch
shiver
fluctuate
billow
twirl
swirl
rock
float
twist
flick
vacillate
flow
seesaw
wigwag
pulse
rise and fall
flicker
bat
surge
swell
drift
brandish
jerk
toss
wave rapidly
flourish
hang
be pendent
be suspended
wield
swipe
flaunt
curl
ebb and flow
catch the wind
motion
lurch
pitch
roll
swing from side to side
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
swing to and fro
move from side to side
shudder
jiggle
quake
convulse
joggle
wabble
judder
tremor
jolt
shimmy
jounce
writhe
twitter
dither
heave
bucket
jitter
squirm
wriggle
fidget
jig
throb
squiggle
flitter
fiddle
thrill
bobble
jar
totter
rustle
snap
spasm
falter
worm
zigzag
stagger
raise
weave
have the shakes
wave to and fro
dodder
teeter
trill
warble
gyrate
glide
hover
bustle
move slightly
switch
quave
display
lash
dance
fish-tail
shake like a leaf
flinch
quail
note
tingle
flail about
shake in your boots
quake in your boots
move side to side
vaunt
have the quivers
move back and forth
move backwards and forwards
whiffle
clap
stir up
commove
set in motion
succuss
bump
churn
put in motion
jog
stumble
careen
change
shift
waddle
vary
alternate
veer
alter
click
toddle
mutate
topple
stot
jump
crack
differ
walk unsteadily
tremble precariously
kick
tic
vellicate
contract
twinge
lug
move spasmodically
crackle
see-saw
be unstable
be unsteady
come and go
go up and down
yo-yo
move convulsively
pop
more ❯
“He began to
flail
his arms wildly before I quickly pinned his arms down so that he wouldn't hurt himself or me anymore.”
Verb
▲
To flounder or struggle about, typically to no avail
writhe
squirm
twist
thrash
thresh
wriggle
twitch
struggle
wiggle
flounder
fumble
splash
blunder
stumble
jerk
toss
jiggle
fidget
jig
squiggle
fiddle
toss and turn
convulse
twist and turn
agonize
US
worm
contort
turn
agonise
UK
thrash about
heave
plunge
wag
waggle
zigzag
jactitate
roll
jolt
lurch
grope
wince
recoil
pitch
stagger
tumble
flap
cast about
shift
skew
wind
slide
slither
quiver
shake
wobble
joggle
flutter
vibrate
shudder
agitate
tremble
stir
quake
jounce
wabble
judder
move restlessly
wave
bobble
jump
shimmy
move
palpitate
shiver
shuffle
jitter
rock
move spasmodically
move around
move about
work
rattle
labor
US
labour
UK
flail about
rustle
budge
swish
be jittery
locomote
wallow
move slightly
dance
swing
sway
bucket
throb
pulsate
dither
pulse
intort
beat
torment
go into spasms
disturb
bother
suffer a fit
shake violently
shake up
shake uncontrollably
unsettle
lie
wade
quaver
be agitated
spasm
contract
kick
twinge
tic
vellicate
lug
snap
welter
move convulsively
more ❯
“In the unforgiving world of nature, an organism spending energy to
flail
helplessly in the water would have no advantage over the organism floating serenely beside it.”
Verb
▲
To move or jolt around unsteadily or abruptly
toss
roll
pitch
lurch
sway
rock
reel
wobble
seesaw
careen
wabble
list
plunge
undulate
keel
flounder
heave
jounce
labor
US
labour
UK
tumble
jog
swing
pitchpole
jiggle
jolt
oscillate
shake
wag
jerk
pump
veer
agitate
joggle
bounce
skip
bobble
hop
wave
dance
chuck
ditch
dump
bob
buffet
move up and down
jump around
toss around
let fly
rise and fall
tilt
lean
stagger
teeter
stumble
heel
yaw
wallow
totter
billow
welter
make heavy weather
swerve
quiver
quaver
see-saw
incline
tip
weave
move
toss about
waver
convulse
roll about
move back and forth
push and pull
move to and fro
move backwards and forwards
nod
falter
bend
buck
roll along
waggle
spring
dive
float
slide
dodge
duck
sound
shift
move to the side
waddle
swagger
lumber
drive
slump
dip
lunge
vault
drop
roam
range
ramble
rove
stray
surge
jibe
fall away
blunder
loll
sprawl
teeter-totter
roll around in
move around in
slant
cant
slope
bank
angle
lean over
recline
decline
heel over
keel over
be at an angle
vibrate
tremble
quake
shudder
judder
wiggle
flutter
dodder
stir
flap
bucket
twitch
tremor
swish
shimmy
pulsate
walk unsteadily
palpitate
pendulate
toddle
topple
become unsteady
wigwag
titubate
dangle
writhe
swing backwards and forwards
swing from side to side
swing back and forth
swing to and fro
ripple
flourish
brandish
flit
thresh
twirl
be unsteady
sweep
thrash
whirl
move unsteadily
move from side to side
disturb
vacillate
twist
rustle
jostle
go around
shamble
shuffle
wield
quave
bang
bump
limp
raise
duckwalk
move slightly
whiffle
wheel
jar
jump
grind
move clumsily
swivel
roil
rouse
concuss
walk falteringly
motion
beat
move around
whip
move about
waft
swirl
lash
walk like a duck
blow
ruffle
flick
fish-tail
wave to and fro
stot
curl
fly
ebb and flow
flow
stream
catch the wind
pulse
move side to side
contort
work
tremble precariously
go into spasms
bother
shake up
torment
suffer a fit
thrash about
shake violently
shake uncontrollably
unsettle
more ❯
Noun
▲
A long, thin and pliant instrument used for striking or flogging
lash
whip
switch
scourge
thong
birch
cane
cat
strap
bullwhip
flogger
horsewhip
rawhide
knout
crop
flagellum
cat-o'-nine-tails
riding crop
quirt
blacksnake
belt
sjambok
rod
ruler
prod
goad
stick
hunting crop
Noun
▲
An act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side
flap
flutter
beating
shaking
waving
fluttering
beat
flailing
swinging
shake
swish
wag
wave
flapping
rippling
quivering
twitching
flicker
wagging
quiver
undulation
vibration
vibrating
bat
flitter
thrashing
threshing
oscillation
pulsation
agitation
quake
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