Definition of flails Flails
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What does flails mean?
Wiktionary 
- flails (Noun)
Plural of flail.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: flails |
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| flail - an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing | ||
| implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | ||
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| flail - move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" | ||
| thresh | ||
| flap, beat pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | ||
| flail - give a thrashing to; beat hard | ||
| thrash, thresh, lam | ||
| work over, beat up, beat gather; "drum up support" | ||
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Wiktionary
- flail (Noun)
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. - flail (Noun)
A weapon which has the usually spherical striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. - flail (Verb)
To beat using a flail or similar implement. - flail (Verb)
To wave or swing vigorously. - flail (Verb)
To thresh. - flail (Verb)
To move like a flail.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flail (n.)
An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely. - flail (n.)
An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flail
Tool used for separating grains from their husks.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flail
flāl, n. an implement for threshing corn, consisting of a wooden bar (the swingle) hinged or tied to a handle: a medieval weapon with spiked iron swingle.—v.t. to strike with, or as if with, a flail. [A.S. fligel, prob. from L. flagellum, a scourge.]
