Flail and Panic

Flail

Flail noun - An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing.
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Synonyms for Flail

Panic and flail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Panic" instead a noun "Flail".

Nearby Words: flailed, flailing

Panic

Panic noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.

Flail and panic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flail" instead a noun "Panic".

Nearby Word: panicky

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Common collocations

little flail little panic little

Both words in one sentence

  • In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Spider-Man inverts this with one of Mysterio's holocubes by projecting a gaping chasm below Rhyno, making him panic and flail around.
  • Super Drowning Skills Robin gets the upper hand and boots Little John... into an itsy-bitsy stream, causing the man to flail and panic as if he's drowning.
  • Video Game / Frogger The suggestion is that jumping into water gives him a panic attack, causing him to flail and drown.
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