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flail
noun
1. A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
2. A hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely.
3. A threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
verb
1. To strike with or as if with a flail .
2. To move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail .
3. To thresh (grain) with a flail.
4. To move, swing, or beat like a flail.
5. Wave or swing wildly.
verb-intransitive
1. To move vigorously or erratically; thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water.
2. To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
3. To thresh grain.
verb-transitive
1. To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins.
2. To thresh using a flail.
3. To wave or swing vigorously; thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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flail | 8 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ai | 2 |
al | 2 |
fa | 5 |
if | 5 |
la | 2 |
li | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ail | 3 |
all | 3 |
fil | 6 |
ill | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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alif | 7 |
fail | 7 |
fall | 7 |
fila | 7 |
fill | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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flail | 8 |