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Flapping
//ˈflæpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 that flaps or flap not-comparable
"flapping sails"
Noun
- 1 An instance where one, or something, flaps. countable, uncountable
"The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping."
- 2 the motion made by flapping up and down wordnet
- 3 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. countable, uncountable
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
- 5 The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds. uncountable
"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
- 1 present participle and gerund of flap form-of, gerund, participle, present
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