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beat up vs flail

flail vs beat up

beat up is not a noun while flail is a noun.

beat up and flail both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
flail Yes No Yes No
As verbs, flail is a hyponym of beat up; that is, flail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:
  • beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • flail: give a thrashing to; beat hard
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
beat up (noun) flail (noun)
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
beat up (verb) flail (verb)
gather give a thrashing to; beat hard
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression move like a flail; thresh about
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