the definition of flailing
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- Flailing. 1) To begin a, sometimes random and usually pointless task/project, with the full determination and intensity of perfection and completion. When high on crystal meth. 1a) He was flailing with duct-tape and made a pouch to hold Q-Tips in. 1b) I spent all night flailing on the computer coming up with these definitions. (Hardly pointless). 2) John was flailing for 5 hours making something to hold up a book while he typed, even though he has a book holder.
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What is Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy? RND usually manifests after the body experiences a high level of physical or psychological stress. A serious injury, illness or time of psychological stress is often pinpointed as the cause. In some cases, however, doctors are unable to define the exact cause.
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- dangling (plural danglings) 1  The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension. 2  The act of following or trailing around. 1866, Mark Lemon, Falkner Lyle, Or, The Story of Two Wives […] Falkner's quick-sighted honour would not have tolerated your brother's danglings at the skirts of beauty.
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- adjective, dizzier, dizziest. 1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous. 2. bewildered; confused. 3. causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height. 4. heedless; thoughtless.
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gambol verb (used without object), gamboled, gamboling or (especially British) gambolled, gambolling. 1. to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic. noun. 2. a skipping or frisking about; frolic. Origin of gambol.
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flounder 1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements: to flounder in the mud. 2. to struggle clumsily, helplessly, or falteringly: I floundered for an excuse. [1570–80; perhaps b. flounce1 and founder2] floun′der•ing•ly, adv.
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- Full Definition of SOMERSAULT. : a movement (as in gymnastics) in which a person turns forward or backward in a complete revolution along the ground or in the air bringing the feet over the head; also: a falling or tumbling head over heels.
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- Definition of flay. 1 : to strip off the skin or surface of : skin The hunter flayed the rabbit and prepared it for cooking. 2 : to criticize harshly : excoriate He was flayed by the media for his controversial comments.
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derail Derail definition, to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track. See more.
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Flagellation Flagellation (Latin flagellum, whip), flogging, whipping or lashing is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, lashes, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, etc.
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- Definition of toss. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a : to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk toss a ball aroundb : to throw up in the air tossed by a bullc : match 5ad : to send as if by throwing tossed in jail tossed out of the gamee : to get rid of : throw away.
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Denailing Denailing is the extraction of the nails from the fingers and/or toes, either as a medical procedure to treat severe nail infections, or as a method of torture. The United Nations Istanbul Protocol describes nail removal and the insertion of objects such as wire under the nail as forms of torture. Removed nails are capable of growing back normally over several months if the nail matrix is left intact through surgical extraction.
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freewheeling operating in the manner of a freewheel. 2. (of a person) moving about freely, independently, or irresponsibly. 3. (of words, remarks, actions, etc.) unrestrained; irresponsible: Loose, freewheeling charges were traded during the argument.
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- Definition of whirl. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to move in a circle or similar curve especially with force or speed. 3  2a : to turn on or around an axis like a wheel : rotateb : to turn abruptly around or aside : wheel whirled around in surprise.  3 : to pass, move, or go quickly whirled down the hallway.
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stagger Stagger, reel, totter suggest an unsteady manner of walking. To stagger is successively to lose and regain one's equilibrium and the ability to maintain one's direction: to stagger with exhaustion, a heavy load, or intoxication. To reel is to sway dizzily and be in imminent danger of falling: to reel when faint with hunger.
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- (plural thrashings). 1  action of the verb to thrash. 2  a beating, especially a severe one. 3  A heavy defeat. ( 4 computing) excessive paging within virtual storage. ( 5 dance) slam dancing.
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derail Derail is defined as to cause something or someone to go off course, literally or figuratively. 1  An example of derail is when an obstacle forces a train to go off the tracks; derail the train. 2  An example of derail is when you cut funding to a project and make it impossible to continue; derail the project.
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Definition of 'flay' flay (fleɪ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense flays , present participle flaying , past tense , past participle flayed. 1. verb. When someone flays an animal or person, they remove their skin, usually when they are dead. They had to flay the great, white, fleecy animals and cut them up for food.
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Arabah From their summits, southward to the Gulf of Akabah, the valley changes its name, or, it would be more accurate to say, retains old name of Wady el-Arabah. Easton's Bible Dictionary Plain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Joshua 3:16; 8:14; 2 Samuel 2:29; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has plain); Amos 6:14 (A.V. wilderness).
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wave To signal or express by waving the hand or an object held in the hand: We waved goodbye. c. To signal (a person) by using the hand to move in a specified direction: The police officer waved the motorist into the right lane. 3. To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations: wave one's hair.
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flail an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar. 2. a similar instrument used as a weapon of war. verb (used with or without object) 3. to beat or swing with or as if with a flail. Origin of flail. Middle English.
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Definition of 'whirl' whirl (hwɜːʳl ) Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense whirls , present participle whirling , past tense , past participle whirled. 1. verb. If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round.
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- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. 1  A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. When I yell OK, give the mooring line a good jerk! ( 2 US, slang, pejorative) A dull or stupid person. ( 3 US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
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dangleverb uk ​ /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/ us ​ /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/. › [ I or T ] to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely: Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall. He dangled the puppet in front of the children. › [ T ] to offer someone something that they want in order to persuade that person to do something:
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- verb (used without object), flounced, flouncing. 1. to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage. 2. to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder. noun. 3. an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement. Origin of flounce1.
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- Definition of flay. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to strip off the skin or surface of : skin The hunter flayed the rabbit and prepared it for cooking. 3  2 : to criticize harshly : excoriate He was flayed by the media for his controversial comments.  3 : lash 1b the wind whipped up to gale fury, flaying his face — Richard Kent.