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Flail (Verb)

Move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

The child flailed about in the shallow water, learning to swim on her own.
Her arms were flailing wildly as she tried to regain her balance on the ice.
The farmer used a mechanical device that looked like a giant metal arm to flail the grain.
As she slipped on the banana peel, she began to flail about, waving her arms in a frantic attempt to stay upright.
In the heavy surf, the surfer found himself flailing for a moment before managing to catch the wave.

Give a thrashing to; beat hard.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The angry coach started to flail the opposing team's player with his towel for unsportsmanlike behavior on the field.
She will flail anyone who gets in her way to get the last pair of shoes on sale.
The judge allowed the angry parent to flail the man who was accused of bullying her child.
As the child continued to misbehave she asked her husband if he should flail him to discipline.
Overcome with rage, she started to flail the chair against his car until it broke into pieces.