flails
Threshing tools; thrashes
Flails names two tools with similar swinging-chain designs.
The agricultural flail is a long handle with a shorter stick attached by a chain, used to thresh grain.
The weapon version substitutes a spiked ball for the stick.
As a verb, to flail is to swing wildly or thrash about without control: He flailed his arms trying to keep balance.
Someone who flails at a task struggles ineffectively: She flailed through the interview.
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- harvestGathering mature crops
barn · scythe · sickle · barley · oats · rye · sheaves · beating
Bludgeon with flanged head
- chainLinked segments forming length
- spikedSecretly added alcohol
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- combatArmed hostile engagement
knight · armor · bludgeon · swing · strike · warfare · handle · iron
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- wildlyWithout control or moderation
- armsUpper body limbs
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
uncontrolled · desperate · panic · drowning · falling · struggling · windmilling · spasmodic
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
harvest · barn · scythe · sickle · barley · oats · rye · sheaves · beating · husks
mace
Bludgeon with flanged head
combat · knight · armor · bludgeon · swing · strike · warfare · handle · iron · battle
thrashing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
helplessly · uncontrolled · desperate · panic · drowning · falling · struggling · windmilling · spasmodic · erratic
- Egyptian Antiquitiesmummies, sarcophagi, sarcophagus, canopic jars, scarabs
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- Weaponryrifles, shotguns, grenades, missiles, bombs
- LARP gearfoam swords, bracers, tabards, tunics, staffs
flailsglides
Moves smoothly, frictionlessly
flows · steady · still · motionless · stabilizes
flailscompliments
Expressions of admiration
praises · articulates · lauds · commends
- flailing arms
- flail aboutMove limbs uncontrollably
- flailing aboutUncontrolled limb movements
- flailed aboutMoved limbs erratically