flapping
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flapping
- /ˈflæpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -æpɪŋ
adjective
- that flaps or flap flapping sails
noun flappings
- An instance where one, or something, flaps. The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.
- A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
- The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds. Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing. By the early twentieth century, however, a form of dog racing held in 'flapping tracks' was a common pastime in the wastelands near working-class areas of industrial cities.
verb
- present participle and gerund of flap
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fluttering, flutter, flopping, pounding, beating, flappy, aflap, flippy-floppy, fluting, swooping, chattering, slappy, ploppy, blinking, clomping, flobby
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title = {flapping},
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