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Definitions for Flail

[1] an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
[2] a similar instrument used as a weapon of war.
[3] to beat or swing with or as if with a flail.
[4] an implement used for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle with a free-swinging metal or wooden bar attached to it
[5] a weapon so shaped used in the Middle Ages
[6] (tr) to beat or thrash with or as if with a flail
[7] to move or be moved like a flail; thresh about with arms flailing

Words related to Flail

thrash, smash, smack, bash, knock, thwack, pummel, club, sock, maltreat, batter, lash, hit, whale, flog, slug

Words nearby Flail

flagstad, flagstaff, flagstick, flagstone, flaherty, flail, flail chest, flail joint, flair, flak, flak jacket

Origin of Flail

before 1100; Middle English fleil (noun), Old English flighel (probably misspelling of *flegil ), cognate with Dutch vlegel, German Flegel < West Germanic *flagil- < Late Latin flagellum flail, Latin: whip, scourge. See flagellum

Word origin for Flail

C12 fleil , ultimately from Late Latin flagellum flail, from Latin: whip

Synonyms for Flail

bash, smack, smash, thrash, batter, club, flog, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, sock, thwack, whale