Associations to the word «Flail»
Noun
- Valentine
- Neck
- Shoulder
- Assault
- Joint
- Blast
- Surface
- Beast
- Distress
- Dennis
- Effectiveness
- Peasant
- Strand
- Wind
- Shaft
- Pain
- Shark
- Darkness
- Rocket
- Ball
- Wall
- Snow
- Deck
- Injury
- Alarm
- Staff
- Boots
- Stamp
- Cage
- Coat
- Strike
- Consciousness
- Inch
- Cat
- Rolling
- Tool
- Combat
- Machine
- Hull
- Reaching
- Timber
- Trunk
- Burden
- Wearing
- Throwing
- Handle
- Gravity
- Jacket
- Wave
- Few
- Mouth
- Descent
- Dust
- Gesture
Adjective
Wiktionary
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.
FLAIL, noun. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
FLAIL, verb. (transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.
FLAIL, verb. (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
FLAIL, verb. (transitive) To thresh.
FLAIL, verb. (intransitive) To move like a flail.
FLAIL ABOUT, verb. (intransitive) To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.
FLAIL CHEST, noun. (medicine) A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.
Dictionary definition
FLAIL, noun. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing.
FLAIL, verb. Give a thrashing to; beat hard.
FLAIL, verb. Move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing".
Wise words
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They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.