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
Dominica	-	English (Rare), Late Roman
Jyotsana	-	Indian, Hindi
Natela	-	Georgian
Sonia	['sɔniə]
Ingolf	ING-gawlf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Eirian	-	Welsh