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
Chuks	-	Western African, Igbo
Felicidade	-	Portuguese
Erna (1)	ER-nah (German, Swedish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Olamilekan	-	Western African, Yoruba
Emer	EE-mur	Irish, Irish Mythology
Hajar	-	Arabic