flailing

Phonetic Respelling: [ fley-ling ]

Definition:

v. to strike out or swing wildly; to thrash about

Sentence:

The lifeguard quickly acted to the arms flailing helplessly in the water.

More example sentences:

The lifeguard quickly acted to the arms flailing helplessly in the water.

Hear it

Synonyms:

toss; beat; flog; lash; strike

Antonyms:

to calm; relax; pet

Flailing rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • ailing
  • ayling
  • bailing
  • baling
  • failing
  • grayling
  • hailing
  • jailing
  • mailing
  • nailing
  • paling
  • railing
  • sailing
  • saling
  • scaling
  • tailing
  • trailing
  • veiling
  • wailing
  • whaling
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • assailing
  • curtailing
  • derailing
  • detailing
  • entailing
  • inhaling
  • prevailing
  • regaling
  • surveilling
  • unfailing
  • unveiling
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • unavailing