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flail

verb as in beat, strike

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That’s why we need to share anything that captures them flailing around as much as possible.

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"When other fish get caught in those nets they sort of flail and it sends out a vibration underwater, sort of like ringing the dinner bell," says Prof Pepin-Neff.

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They attacked the game, while Rangers flailed wildly.

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The puppet scenes, bestowing a belated yet supremely deserved spotlight on Abuela Julia, are the most original and haunting aspect of a production that too often flails for effects.

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And then he doesn’t get the response he wants and runs out flailing, like a toad that finally got turned back into a man?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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