Swing in a random, unstable way (5)

I believe the answer is:

flail

(Other definitions for flail that I've seen before include "Wave about wildly" , "Old tool for threshing grain" , "Threshing device" , "Weapon; swing wildly" , "Grain thresher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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