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flail
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
flails; flailed; flailing
flails; flailed; flailing
Learner's definition of FLAIL
1
: to move or swing your arms or legs in a wild and uncontrolled way胡乱甩动（胳膊或腿）
[+ object]
- They were flailing their arms to drive away the insects.他们使劲挥胳膊赶虫子。
[no object]
- The wounded animal lay on the ground, flailing helplessly.这只受伤的动物躺在地上，四肢无助地乱蹬着。
- He was wildly flailing about/around on the dance floor.他在舞池中疯狂地手舞足蹈。
- He flailed away at the ball. [=he swung wildly at the ball]他在舞会上尽情地摇摆。
2
[+ object] : to strike or hit (something or someone) in a wild and uncontrolled way使劲击打
- The bird's wings flailed the water.这只鸟用翅膀使劲地拍水。
2 flail /ˈfleɪl/ noun
plural flails
2 flail
/ˈfleɪl/
noun
plural flails
Learner's definition of FLAIL
[count]
: a long-handled tool that was used in the past for beating wheat so that the grain would become separated from the wheat连枷（古代脱粒的手工农具）
: a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
Example Sentences
Verb They were flailing their arms to drive away the insects. The wounded animal lay on the ground, flailing helplessly. He was wildly flailing about on the dance floor. The bird's wings flailed the water.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2022 Prominent managers that invest in both public and private companies in the same funds have seen their portfolio of public investments flail, weighed down by losses from January’s meme-stock rally and a retreat by fast-growing technology stocks. Juliet Chung, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021 Something more extreme than its muted roar and strong airflow backing track seems appropriate for a vehicle whose logo is a powerful horse at full flail. Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 June 2021 As pledges to improve policing flail, police continue to kill people, and especially Black people, every day. Time, 13 May 2021 In the video, cats stay in the upside-down position and flail, and even pigeons can’t decide which way is up or down. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2020 Fans no longer could complain about watching an overmatched pitcher flail at the plate. Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2020 Who could resist watching Dash flail about in a tornado, and then promptly stop and let out a very earnest cat meow? USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020 Super-deep repertoire of falls and flails, plus a classic crybaby Flop Face. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 18 Dec. 2019 Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 That leaves Keaton to hoot and flail and fall into swimming pools for the next 80 minutes, and possibly find true love. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 When a person’s spine curves and strains in order to move weight through space—like when a bunch of third graders flail through a set of sit-ups—the movement stresses their spinal disks. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 28 May 2022 Meta continues to flail as a business that builds actual things, with the latest setbacks arriving this week. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 10 June 2022 As Russia continues to flail in Ukraine, a cast of familiar figures are attempting to suddenly rebrand themselves as alleged pro-Western forces on the right side of the fight: the oligarchs. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2022 Hitters who hadn’t seen his changeup could only flail at it. Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022 In fact, Ozark’s fourth and final season is basically just … a bunch of things keep happening to Marty and Wendy Byrde, who, naturally, flail around trying to dodge all of the falling knives. Andy Meek, BGR, 2 May 2022 Manager Bob Melvin attempted to sort things out, home and away, but seemed to flail at a tricky fastball in his own right. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 See More
Noun
Fists pump, arms flail, shoulders shimmy, hips swivel, feet stomp; every body part explores space. Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2022 Prominent managers that invest in both public and private companies in the same funds have seen their portfolio of public investments flail, weighed down by losses from January’s meme-stock rally and a retreat by fast-growing technology stocks. Juliet Chung, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021 Something more extreme than its muted roar and strong airflow backing track seems appropriate for a vehicle whose logo is a powerful horse at full flail. Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 June 2021 As pledges to improve policing flail, police continue to kill people, and especially Black people, every day. Time, 13 May 2021 In the video, cats stay in the upside-down position and flail, and even pigeons can’t decide which way is up or down. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2020 Fans no longer could complain about watching an overmatched pitcher flail at the plate. Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2020 Who could resist watching Dash flail about in a tornado, and then promptly stop and let out a very earnest cat meow? USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020 Super-deep repertoire of falls and flails, plus a classic crybaby Flop Face. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 18 Dec. 2019 Verb
There’s no need to scream and flail — at least, not yet: Chalamet is going up to each fan and patiently signing autographs and posing for photographs. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 That leaves Keaton to hoot and flail and fall into swimming pools for the next 80 minutes, and possibly find true love. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 When a person’s spine curves and strains in order to move weight through space—like when a bunch of third graders flail through a set of sit-ups—the movement stresses their spinal disks. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 28 May 2022 Meta continues to flail as a business that builds actual things, with the latest setbacks arriving this week. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 10 June 2022 As Russia continues to flail in Ukraine, a cast of familiar figures are attempting to suddenly rebrand themselves as alleged pro-Western forces on the right side of the fight: the oligarchs. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2022 Hitters who hadn’t seen his changeup could only flail at it. Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022 In fact, Ozark’s fourth and final season is basically just … a bunch of things keep happening to Marty and Wendy Byrde, who, naturally, flail around trying to dodge all of the falling knives. Andy Meek, BGR, 2 May 2022 Manager Bob Melvin attempted to sort things out, home and away, but seemed to flail at a tricky fastball in his own right. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fleil, flail, partly from Old English *flegel (whence Old English fligel), from Late Latin flagellum flail, from Latin, whip & partly from Anglo-French flael, from Late Latin flagellum — more at flagellate
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of flail was before the 12th century verb
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