Flail vs Bang - What's the difference?
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A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn
That ten day-labourers could not end; * 1816 — *: Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail * 1842 — *: On him alone the curse of Cain
Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain,
And struck him to the earth! * 1879 — , ch V *: If the farmer must use the spade because he has not capital enough for a plough, the sickle instead of the reaping machine, the flail instead of the thresher... To beat using a flail or similar implement.
To wave or swing vigorously
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* 1937 , ,
To thresh.
To move like a flail.
A sudden percussive noise.
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
An explosion.
(US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
* W. D. Howells
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(US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
(figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
(slang, mining) An explosive product.
(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
(label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
(label) To hit hard.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=
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To engage in sexual intercourse.
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* 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):
(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
(label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
* The Century Magazine
, directly.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
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Precisely.
With a sudden impact.
a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
Flail is a related term of bang.
As a noun flail
is a tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.As a verb flail
is to beat using a flail or similar implement.flail
English
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* 1631 — *: When in one night, ere glimpse of morn,His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn
That ten day-labourers could not end; * 1816 — *: Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail * 1842 — *: On him alone the curse of Cain
Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain,
And struck him to the earth! * 1879 — , ch V *: If the farmer must use the spade because he has not capital enough for a plough, the sickle instead of the reaping machine, the flail instead of the thresher...
Coordinate terms
*(weapon) nunchakuVerb
(en verb)- He stopped in his tracks – then, flailing his arms wildly in the air, began to stagger backwards.
- He was flailing wildly, but didn't land a blow.
Synonyms
* thrashSee also
* (wikipedia "flail") *bang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .
- Tiffany has long hair and bangs .
- his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
- An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
- Load the bang into the hole.
Synonyms
* strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation markAntonyms
* (abrupt left turn) hangVerb
(en verb)- The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
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- Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
- His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
Synonyms
* nailAdverb
(en adverb)- The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
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- ''He arrived bang on time.
- Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
Interjection
(en interjection)- He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"