单词	flailing
释义	flailing adjective flail·​ing ˈflā-liŋ  1 : moving, swinging, or beating wildly like a flail —used especially of a person or a person's limbs They dragged her toward cabin five, while the other campers made way to avoid her flailing feet. Rick RiordanVivid dreams made him lash out at me in his sleep with kicks and flailing arms. Jeremy Clarke… the crowd erupts and the mosh pit pushes flailing bodies towards the stage. Samantha O'Connor 2 a : beset by difficulties : struggling a flailing economy … phoned a friend to vent about his flailing marriage … Sarah Grossbart b : clumsy or ineffectual their flailing attempts/efforts to save the company flailingly adverb … was walking along the ledge of a precipitous dropoff when he slipped on a mossy rock and fell flailingly into the current … Jim Mustian Word History First Known Use 1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1 flailing 1 of 2 noun as in waving Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance waving flapping squirming writhing twitching wriggling fidgeting fiddling squirm locomotion mobility shifting motion motility stirring dislocation migration relocation motivity movement move shift stir Antonyms & Near Antonyms immobility inertia motionlessness stop stillness halt ending cessation expiration termination pause lapse finish shutdown stoppage discontinuance inertness surcease shutoff See More flailing 2 of 2 verb present participle of flail 1 as in flapping to move or cause to move with a striking motion started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house Synonyms & Similar Words flapping fluttering flopping waving whipping swinging swaying knocking beating banging flicking thumping smacking pounding oscillating fanning flickering battering flitting throbbing undulating spanking pulsing buffeting palpitating 2 as in whipping to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed Synonyms & Similar Words whipping slashing hiding thrashing slapping lashing flicking hitting punching knocking switching cutting flagellating flogging smacking banging licking whacking pounding scourging spanking clapping mauling whaling tanning horsewhipping strapping swiping batting leathering thumping birching beating clipping rawhiding cowhiding swatting pummeling bashing thwacking pelting cudgeling bopping clobbering paddling boxing clubbing clouting slugging bludgeoning mangling hammering battering smiting quirting cracking lamming knouting pummelling lambasting caning buffeting socking slogging pasting busting cudgelling cuffing touching up lathering whapping tromping belaboring walloping belting drubbing blackjacking roughing fustigating whupping pistol-whipping slating working over threshing fibbing bunging whopping basting lacing pommelling pommeling
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