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Meanings of flail in inglés

catalán
estomacar
español
sacudir

Give a thrashing to; beat hard.

sacudir
Usage of flail in inglés
1
He stopped firing to flail at the fire with his free hand.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
I flail around, trying to use vines and trunks to right myself.
Catching Fire
3
The stick with which the beating is done is called a flail.
Daddy Takes Us to the Garden / The Daddy Series for Little Folks
4
He went out to the barn and got hold of a flail.
The Pink Fairy Book
5
Even as he dropped, the giant flail swept down upon the soldiers.
The Metal Monster
6
But they took turns using the flail, and thought this great fun.
Daddy Takes Us to the Garden / The Daddy Series for Little Folks
7
Isis brought him a crook and flail-thetwin scepters of the pharaohs.
The red pyramid
8
He had a flail in his hand, which he brandished at Kuisl.
The hangman's daughter
9
I got up just as Caine came back in, swinging his flail.
Side Jobs
10
The next corpse brought in had flail fractures on the rib cage.
Anil's ghost
11
Finally I dropped him to the ground, watched him gasp and flail.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
12
No Pharaoh had ever granted the crook and flail to a woman.
Nefertiti
13
I flail, freak out, trying to do something to shake him off.
Wired
14
The crook and flail of power were in her right hand.
Nefertiti
15
As soon as she hit the water, she started to flail.
The Lying Game
16
Consider staying rooted in your own thinking while others flail about.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
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Translations for flail
Flail through the time
Flail across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common