1) To begin a, sometimes random and usually pointless task/project, with the full determination and intensity of perfection and completion. When high on crystal meth.
2) Spending an obscene amount of time on a task/project that usually would take no time at all to complete and/or would seem meaningless/pointless to someone else. When high on crystal meth
3) To answer someones question but not fully explaining what one was doing for a long period of time. When high on crystal meth
4) When going through a bin/basket/container full of anything to find what you are looking for; or for nothing in particular in hopes to find something useful. When high on crystal meth
1a) He was flailing with duct-tape and made a pouch to hold Q-Tips in.
1b) I spent all night flailing on the computer coming up with these definitions. (Hardly pointless)
2) John was flailing for 5 hours making something to hold up a book while he typed, even though he has a book holder.
3) "Holy crap, where were you for the last 3 hours?"
"I was flailing....well it sort of turned into a side-flail"
4) I found a box full of random cords and started flailing through it looking for something that might come in handy.
by Fez6911 May 22, 2010
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An erratic dance mostly performed by ravers its involves no choreography, simply moving to the beat of the music and sometimes involving spinning fire poi or poi with glowsticks.
A. Look at that kid flailing out there on the dance floor!

B. Man that guy sure knows how to flail.
by Zombie boogers November 16, 2008
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It is a combination of Flirting and Failing. When your a male or female tries to flirt with the opposite sex, but ends up failing at it.
"Woah look at Jermy getting his Mac on"
"Yeah but hes flailing!"
by That Guy Is Here November 23, 2011
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1. A term used to describe a male, or female, who has just left a serious committed relationship and fails miserably at casually dating.

2. Commonly seen from both genders who have become so set in the mindset of a relationship, that the intricacies of first and second dates are thrown out the window to satisfy the need for their parter to fill the hole that their past relationship left.

3. These men and women unconsciously lead on potential suitors, who mistake their habits of intimacy as genuine intimacy, and cause not only heartache for the suitors engaged in the casual encounters, but for themselves as well; usually out of guilt.
1. Person 1: What happened with that girl you were seeing? I thought things were going so well!

Person 2: I thought so too, but after learning about her recent breakup it looked less like a sure thing, and more like she was just flailing around.

2. Person 1: How could you let such a great girl go? You said you really liked her
Person 2: I did, but I don't know what I want after (ex's name) . It's been so hard that I'm still flailing around
by My noduesp? November 23, 2015
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To be extremely high on meth. To the point where the person is trying to take apart and put together working electronics/gadgets while having 6 conversations with different people at once and not accomplishing ANYTHING, generally resulting in at least 1 person getting very angry.
1)FLAIL out wit ya tail out
2)Went to the casino and FLAILED all my money off...
3)FLAILED so hard I took apart 3 different working phone chargers and turned em' into 1 fucked-up taped-up mess that don't work for shit...
4)These are the tales of our FLAILS...
by 1jiggyniggy October 17, 2012
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(new)origin, Vancouver, BC, Canada
from the word flail, to act with abandon. Has many meanings; losing something can be called flailed, running around like a chicken with your head cut off usually when high on drugs can be called flailing, someone going crazy would be called a flailer, flail would be a bunch of random stuff that a flailer has amassed. Can also refer to wasting time.
"Rob ran through the alleys digging through the dumpsters flailing the night away."
"Janna faliled her backpack in that alleyway over there!"
"Look at all those books, t-shirts and old newspapers, Devin has quite the pile of flail!"
by Crusty Flailer June 5, 2007
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the act of hyper speed talking about one's fandom and/or obsession. Sqeeling, clapping, gasping, obsessive behavior dizziness, speechlessness and random dancing are all symptoms.
"Alyssa was flailing over X-Files last night.. even though she was still speechless from reading a Lisa Edelstein interview."

Mr. Martinez's class room had enough 'the Office' paraphanalia in it that Caity suspected he was a flailing fanboy in his spare time.
by theonlyink September 11, 2008
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