Definition of "flailing" []

• Present participle of flail. (verb)
• A flailing action or motion. (noun)

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• "But try anyway, your hysterical flailing is quite amusing."
• "More screaming and flailing from the floor of the House will not, as Boehner said, "reflect the will of the American people.""
• "John McCain -- flailing about for an economic policy -- has seemed bolder, or perhaps just noisier, on this front."