English Explanatory Dictionary

flail about

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.
  2. To make efforts that are strenuous but disorganized and ineffectual.

Word forms

flail about flails about flailing about flailed about
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