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flailing

/ˈfleɪlɪŋ/

flailing about

flailing around

flailingadjective

more flailing

Comp.

most flailing

Super.

/ˈfleɪlɪŋ/

Translations

en difficultéS’emploie figurément pour une personne, une entreprise ou une institution qui peine à réussir.

The flailing company was desperately trying to regain its market share.

L’entreprise en difficulté essayait désespérément de regagner ses parts de marché.

agitantSe dit de mouvements désordonnés et incontrôlés.

The flailing branches of the tree made it difficult to walk through the forest during the storm.

Les branches agitantes de l’arbre rendaient difficile la marche dans la forêt pendant la tempête.

Definitions

Moving or waving about in an uncontrolled or wild manner.

The flailing branches of the tree made it difficult to walk through the forest during the storm.

Struggling to achieve something or lacking effectiveness.

The flailing company was desperately trying to regain its market share.

Synonyms

flailingnoun

flailings

/ˈfleɪlɪŋ/

Gerund functioning as a noun meaning an act or instance of flailing.

Translations

mouvement désordonnéEmploi nominal pour désigner des gestes incontrôlés, notamment avec les bras ou les jambes.

With a desperate flailing of his arms, he managed to keep his balance.

Avec un mouvement désordonné désespéré de ses bras, il a réussi à garder l’équilibre.

Definitions

The act or instance of moving or waving something about wildly and uncontrollably.

With a desperate flailing of his arms, he managed to keep his balance.

Synonyms

flailverb

flailing

Gerund

flailed

Past Simple

flailed

Past Participle

flailing

Gerund

/fleɪl/

Translations

se débattreSe battre contre une difficulté, dans l’eau, la panique ou la confusion.

She began to flail in the water when she realized she couldn't touch the bottom.

Elle a commencé à se débattre dans l’eau lorsqu’elle a compris qu’elle ne touchait pas le fond.

agiterEn parlant surtout des bras ou des membres, avec mouvements désordonnés.

The child began to flail his arms in excitement.

L’enfant a commencé à agiter les bras de manière désordonnée d’excitation.

Additional translations

battreSens agricole : battre le grain au fléau ou comme avec un fléau.

Definitions

To wave or swing wildly.

The child began to flail his arms in excitement.

To struggle or thrash about, often in a state of panic or confusion.

She began to flail in the water when she realized she couldn't touch the bottom.

To beat or thresh (grain, etc.) with or as if with a flail; to strike repeatedly.

In the barn the workers flailed the barley until chaff filled the air.

Synonyms

flailnoun

Definitions

A tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it, used in manual threshing.

The farmer used a flail to separate the grain from the husks.

An instrument for flogging or beating.

The medieval knight carried a flail as part of his weaponry.

A free-swinging blade, chain, or other striking element mounted on the rotating drum of a mower or similar machine.

The flails on the mower had to be replaced after hitting a rock.