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
Augustina	-	Ancient Roman
Bohuslav	bo-hoo-SLAHV (Ukrainian)	Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Aaron	['ɛərən]
Nadeem	-	Arabic, Urdu
Pietrina	-	Italian
Jeanine	zha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)	French, English, Dutch