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Definitions for Flailing

[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 Flailing

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

Words nearby Flailing

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

Origin of Flailing

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 Flailing

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

Synonyms for Flailing

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