flail (n.)

  1. an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

    flail (v.)

  1. give a thrashing to; beat hard

    [ Syn: thrash , thresh , lam ]

  2. move like a flail; thresh about; Her arms were flailing

    [ Syn: thresh ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.