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
Slavko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Emily	EM-ə-lee	English
Branda	BRAN-də	English (Rare)
Baugulf	-	Ancient Germanic
MÓR RÍOghain	-	Irish Mythology
Grisha	-	Russian