Nilsen initially panicked, flailing his arms and shouting. Following a bit of goading he would charge at her with both fists flailing. He fends her off by flailing his arms. Astronaut would possibly be spinning as kicking and flailing is of no use. He walks with a slightly drunken swagger and has slurred speech and flailing hand gestures. Finally, a chance thrust of his flailing sword knocks the hat from her head. Onstage, he exhibited an idiosyncratic physical intensity, flailing his arms and playing air guitar. Flailing about like a drowning man, that's what. A sunglasses-camera video shows his arms flailing as he runs. Critics have described it as "erratic" and "flailing". He's got the flailing elbow on the forehand and the backhand. Nyraala Golem&colon; A flailing, slimy, tentacled construct capable of launching surprise attacks. A May 2018 article in "Politico" described Our Revolution as "flailing" and "in disarray". In fleeing, Pondi created the River Murray, and contiguous lagoons from its flailing tail. I start flailing around, having forgotten the emergency signal.