flail about
verbDefinitions
To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.
- Barry continued to shout obscenities and to flail about in a strait jacket, finally succumbing to the effects of intravenously administered tranquilizers.
To make efforts that are strenuous but disorganized and ineffectual.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA