flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
flaps — something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening: the flap of an envelope; the flap of a pocket.
jogs — to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
moves — to pass from one place or position to another.
quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
whips — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
lurches — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.