flail about

or flail around

To engage in rapid, frantic, undirected movements or activity: The baby cried and flailed about as we looked for the bottle. After I caught the fish, it flailed around in the bottom of the boat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ingvild	-	Norwegian
Matilda	mə-TIL-də (English), MAH-teel-dah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Finnish
Aldhard	-	Ancient Germanic
Comgan	-	Irish
Secundus	-	Ancient Roman
Beste	-	Turkish