Flapping

//ˈflæpɪŋ//

Synonyms for "flapping" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

baggy banging blasting bursting dangling

Strong matches (8)

drooping easy explosive flap hanging

Noun(3 words)

flap flutter fluttering

Related words (12)

lax loose popping rapping relaxed rickety shaky slack sloppy streaming swing tapping

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

undulation wave

Synonyms

1 entries

flap

derived

2 entries

flappingly unflapping

form of

1 entries

flap

has context

3 entries

computing phonology telecommunications

related to

14 entries

advertise american english available canadian english destination flap intervocalic network phonological resource route syllable unavailable unstressed

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The birds fly by flapping their wings.

Source: tatoeba (6909016)

About a quarter of a mile from the stables John Straker's overcoat was flapping from a furze-bush. Immediately beyond there was a bowl-shaped depression in the moor, and at the bottom of this was found the dead body of the unfortunate trainer.

Source: tatoeba (6957572)

If the wind happened to catch her long silvery veil and any one saw it, they only thought it was a swan flapping its wings.

Source: tatoeba (7741182)

The giraffe was flapping its ears.

Source: tatoeba (8546782)

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