flail about
English
Verb
flail about
- (intransitive) To wave one's arms (or upper body) about violently, rather like a flail.
- 1969 Theodore Millon - Modern Psychopathology: A Biosocial Approach to Maladaptive Learning and Functioning
- Barry continued to shout obscenities and to flail about in a strait jacket, finally succumbing to the effects of intravenously administered tranquilizers.
- 1969 Theodore Millon - Modern Psychopathology: A Biosocial Approach to Maladaptive Learning and Functioning