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(flail) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to wave or swing wildly. it can also mean to struggle or thrash about.

Example Sentence

Sammy was afraid the bullies were going to flail him.

More Example Sentences

He will flail if he cannot swim.

Synonyms

thrash; wave; struggle

Antonyms

to calm; relax; pet

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Rhymes

  • ail
  • ale
  • bail
  • baile
  • bale
  • balle
  • bayle
  • beyl
  • braille
  • cail
  • cale
  • calle
  • crail
  • dail
  • daile
  • dale
  • dayle
  • dralle
  • fail
  • faile
  • flail
  • frail
  • gael
  • gail
  • gaile
  • gale
  • galle
  • gayle
  • grail
  • hail
  • haile
  • hale
  • heyl
  • jail
  • kael
  • kail
  • kale
  • lail
  • mail
  • maile
  • maille
  • male
  • mayle
  • nail
  • naill
  • nale
  • pail
  • paille
  • pale
  • pralle
  • quail
  • quale
  • quayle
  • rael
  • rail
  • raile
  • rayl
  • rayle
  • reil
  • sail
  • sale
  • salle
  • sayle
  • scale
  • schmale
  • shale
  • smail
  • smale
  • snail
  • staehle
  • stale
  • tail
  • tale
  • they'll
  • trail
  • vail
  • vaile
  • vale
  • valle
  • veil
  • wail
  • wale
  • weyl
  • whale
  • yale
  • zale

  • amell
  • ancell
  • assail
  • avail
  • barrell
  • bartell
  • bewail
  • borrell
  • cadell
  • capell
  • cardell
  • carrell
  • cartmell
  • carvell
  • correll
  • curtail
  • derail
  • detail
  • dorrell
  • entail
  • exhale
  • garrell
  • gorrell
  • impale
  • inhale
  • jamail
  • jarrell
  • jerrell
  • kvale
  • lavell
  • levell
  • macphail
  • marcell
  • mcgrail
  • mchale
  • mcphail
  • mikael
  • mikhail
  • modell
  • mortell
  • nadell
  • orrell
  • parcell
  • perrell
  • podell
  • portell
  • prevail
  • quesnell
  • radell
  • rafale
  • revell
  • savell
  • sumrell
  • surveil
  • tirrell
  • today'll
  • tramell
  • travail
  • unveil
  • verrell
  • withnail

  • avenell
  • averell
  • deverell
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