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Flail

🔄 Synonyms of "Flail"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
threshverb	(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
lamnoun	(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flail"

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Word	Definition
threshverb	(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
lamnoun	(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
swinglenoun	(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
swipplenoun	The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.
swiplenoun	Alternative form of swipple. [The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.]
swingstocknoun	(historical) An upright timber, with a blunt edge at the top over which flax was beaten by the swingle.
swingelnoun	Alternative form of swingle. [(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.]
swing-stocknoun	Alternative form of swingstock. [(historical) An upright timber, with a blunt edge at the top over which flax was beaten by the swingle.]
stricklenoun	A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
whopstrawnoun	A thresher, one who separates the grain from the chaff by beating with a flail.
swingling townoun	(archaic) The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer part by swingling and hatchelling.
whipnoun	A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
swapenoun	A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
hacklenoun	(usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
whisknoun	A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
whippenoun	Obsolete spelling of whip. [A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.]
whipstocknoun	The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
flaxcombnoun	A hackle, a toothed instrument for cleaning the fibres of flax.
wring-staffnoun	Alternative form of wring-stave. [(nautical) One of the strong pieces of wood used in applying wringbolts.]