Word Meaning

flail definition and meaning

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.
n. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

Crossword clues for flail

- Struggle uselessly
- Thrash (about)
- Thrash about
- Wave wildly