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Flapping

noun

1.

The motion made by flapping up and down. Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering.

Flap

verb

(past & past part. flapped; pres. part. flapping)

1.

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

2.

Move noisily.

3.

Move with a thrashing motion. Synonym: beat. "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

4.

Move with a flapping motion. Synonym: beat.

5.

Make a fuss; be agitated. Synonyms: dither, pother.

6.

Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.

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"Flapping" Quotes from Famous Books

... debonnairete in the traits. His features are handsome in their Flemish fulness, and match well with hazel eyes, chestnut hair, and a ruddy complexion; his long moustache is turned up, and he wears the pointed beard which we see so often in the portraits by Rubens' scholar, Van Dyck. The great flapping hat, worn alike by men and women, slightly cocked to one side, is the perfection of picturesque head gear. Equally picturesque, and not in the slightest degree effeminate on a man like Rubens, is the falling collar of pointed mechlin, just ...

— The Old Masters and Their Pictures - For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art • Sarah Tytler

... maid bawled up-stairs, "Supper on de table!" Kennicott was upon his back, flapping his hands in the earnest effort to be a seal, thrilled by the strength with which his son kicked him. He slipped his arm about Carol's shoulder; he went down to supper rejoicing that he was cleansed of perilous stuff. While Carol was putting the ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... the flapping coat sleeves and extended a crumpled, damp envelope. Captain Cy took it in a dazed fashion and drew a long breath. Then he tore open the envelope ...

— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln

... accidentally combined. They are awful and terrible to savage feeling,[618] but they have never received religious worship. A quasi-scientific explanation of thunder found among certain peoples (North American, Brazilian, Bakuana, Karen, and others) is that it is produced by the flapping of the wings of a mighty bird.[619] More commonly thunder is the voice of a deity, and lightning is his arrow,[620] or these are said simply to be sent ...

— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy

... beat to rags When the hoppers rose for their morning flight With a flapping noise like a million flags: And the kitchen chimney was stuffed with bags For they'd fall right into the fire, and fry Till the cook sat down and began to cry— And never a duck ...

— Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses • A. B. Paterson

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