flail

/fleɪl/ verb [I, T] ( also flail about/around)

Translation

› to wave or move your arms and legs about energetically and in an uncontrolled way

çırpınmak, sallanmak

The wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.1633

(Definition of flail verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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