flailing

Verb

Present participle of flail.

Noun

(plural flailings)

A flailing action or motion.
The drowning man's flailings soon attracted the lifeguard's attention.

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Sneering at Jackson in disgust, Victor stood in front of Elisabeth and began hitting her, first with open hand and then backhand, sending her head flailing from side to side.
Xander rose, snatching the flailing coffee mug with one hand while gripping her around the waist with his other.
The leg wound from Shipton's flailing ice ax had been an eight-stitcher of no permanent consequence.

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