transcription, транскрипция: [ fleɪl ]
n. & v. --n. a threshing-tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it. --v. 1 tr. beat or strike with or as if with a flail. 2 intr. wave or swing wildly or erratically (went into the fight with arms flailing). [OE prob. f. L FLAGELLUM]