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Meaning & use. 1.a. An instrument for threshing corn by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swingle or swipple, is so hung as to swing freely. To odene fligel and andlamena fela.
4 meanings: 1. an implement used for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle with a free-swinging metal or wooden bar.... Click for more definitions.
flail. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Agriculture flail1 /fleɪl/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to wave your arms or legs in an uncontrolled way He flailed wildly as she tried to hold him down. flail around/about James flailed about in the shallow water. 2 [transitive] to beat someone or something violently ...
Definition of flail verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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definition 1: to beat, as with a flail, whip, the fists, or the like. He flailed the poor horse with his whip. similar words: beat, hide, lather. definition 2: to cause to move wildly and loosely. He was flailing his arms, trying to signal me. similar words:
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