Word: flail
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Synonyms: flail
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: flail
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german
Translations:
morgenstern, dreschen, flegel
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french
Translations:
battre, fléau
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russian
Translations:
кистень, цеп
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finnish
Translations:
piestä, huitoa, varsta
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czech
Translations:
mlátit, bít
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polish
Translations:
cep, młócić
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hungarian
Translations:
csép
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ukrainian
Translations:
цеп, ціп, молотити
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estonian
Translations:
koot, nüpeldama, vehkima
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croatian
Translations:
mlatiti, mlatilo
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latvian
Translations:
sprigulis
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slovenian
Translations:
ep
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slovak
Translations:
cep
The meaning and "use of": flail
noun
- 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.
- wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly. - his arms were flailing helplessly
- beat; flog. - he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane
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