flails in English

noun
1
a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
In some Middle Eastern locations, the same animals dragged a sledge over the ears, or workers manually threshed the plants with sticks or flails , to accomplish the same purpose.
verb
1
wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly.
his arms were flailing helplessly
synonyms:waveswingthrash aboutflap about
2
beat; flog.
he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane
synonyms:thrashbeatstrikeflogwhiplashscourgecanewallopwhack
verb

Use "flails" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "flails" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "flails", or refer to the context using the word "flails" in the English Dictionary.

1. The son silently took a flail and they began threshing with four flails.

2. Each sported two flails of sinuous steel tentacles and a crab-like claw.

3. West and Branniest Olaf flails while debatable Guthry retelling her underworkers intramuscularly and aspersing perishably

4. The mine-disposing equipment (4) consisting of the tilting head (41) and the activating element (42) with rotating flails is attached into the quick-clamping device (33).

5. Once activated, Cagey the Clown's eyes will glow with otherworldly glee and his head and torso turns side-to-side while he says one of 6 terrifying sayings, while the child screams and flails about

6. The name of the uprising derives from the fact that the peasants armed themselves with various blunt weapons, such as Cudgels, flails, and maces, as they were seen as the most efficient weapons against their heavily armoured enemies.