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flailing definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flail Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flail Entailment of verb flail Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb flail 2 senses of flail Sense 1 thrash, thresh, lam, flail => beat beat up Sense 2 flail, thresh => beat flap Familiarity of verb flail flail used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb flail Sense 1 thrash, thresh, lam, flail => beat beat up -------------- Sense 2 flail, thresh => beat flap -------------- Overview of verb flail The verb flail has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) thrash, thresh, lam, flail -- (give a thrashing to beat hard) 2. flail, thresh -- (move like a flail; thresh about "Her arms were flailing") Overview of adj flailing The adj flailing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) flailing, thrashing -- ((especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail") Antonyms of adj flailing 1 sense of flailing Sense 1 flailing, thrashing INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> nonmoving, unmoving Similarity of adj flailing 1 sense of flailing Sense 1 flailing, thrashing => moving (vs. nonmoving) Attributes of adj flailing Familiarity of adj flailing flailing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj flailing flailing Overview of verb flail The verb flail has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) thrash, thresh, lam, flail -- (give a thrashing to beat hard) 2. flail, thresh -- (move like a flail; thresh about "Her arms were flailing") Overview of adj flailing The adj flailing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) flailing, thrashing -- ((especially of limbs or tail) waving or swinging about vigorously; "trying to drive insects away with his flailing arms"; "the aligator's thrashing tail")
flailing definition
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