Usually means: Swings wildly, often weapon-like.
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  1. flails: Merriam-Webster
  2. flails: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flails: Vocabulary.com
  4. Flails, flails: Wordnik
  5. flails: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flails: Wiktionary
  7. flails: Dictionary.com
  8. flails: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. flails: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. flails: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flail)

noun:  A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
noun:  A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
verb:  (transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.
verb:  (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
verb:  (transitive) To thresh.
verb:  (intransitive) To move like a flail.
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