Definition of Flail
Flail
flail
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to move, thrash, swing, as if a flail;
e.g. He liked to flail about on the stage to grab the audience's attention.
(noun)
a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stout, short stick and is hung to swing freely;
e.g. The teacher hit the back of her hand with a flail.
(noun)
to thresh (grain) with a flail;
e.g. They would flail the wheat after harvesting.
(noun)
(Medical) having abnormal mobility and loss of response to normal control of body parts damaged by paralysis, injury, or surgery;
e.g. He had a knee joint flail and nearly buckled while he walked.
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