Flail
Flail verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.
Usage example: gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed
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Sock and flail are semantically related. in beat topic. In some cases you can use "Sock" instead a verb "Flail".
Sock
Sock verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted
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- When a character uses a sock with a heavy object inside it as an improvised flail.
Source: Sock It To Them -
Sock It To Them: Kersey gets worth of rolled quarters, puts them into a sock, practices swinging the flail around in his apartment, and then carries it around during the day.
Source: Film / Death Wish - Epic Flail: The sock mace, a sock with soap in the toe.
Source: Video Game / The Escapists
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