Meaning of flail about | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.
   intransitive
2. To make efforts that are strenuous but disorganized and ineffectual.
   figuratively, intransitive

Examples

“Barry continued to shout obscenities and to flail about in a strait jacket, finally succumbing to the effects of intravenously administered tranquilizers.”

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