Flappy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    that flaps

    "The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a tendency to flap wordnet

Example

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"The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin."

Etymology

From flap + -y.

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