All flail synonyms
flail
F f verb flail
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- smack — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- flog — to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- slug — a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.
- knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- thwack — to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
- pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- sock — a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- maltreat — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- wave — a member of the Waves.
- whirl — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- 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.
- swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- pummelled — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
noun flail
- flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.