[fleɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English fligel, of West Germanic origin, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip’ (see flagellum); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel

[fleɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wave or swing wildly
(e.g: his arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance)

- beat or flog (someone)
(e.g: he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English fligel, of West Germanic origin, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip’ (see flagellum); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel