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flap doodle

flap doodle noun: a spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook. Also the alternative form of flapdoodle.

Noun

flap doodle (countable and uncountable, plural flap doodles)

  1. A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.
    • What just about everybody does agree on is that a flap doodle will often increase your chances of hooking a king salmon. A flap doodle is nothing more than a small spinner blade attached to the rear of the fly, and it's nothing new.2006, American Angler: The Magazine of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying

Also used as

flap doodle is also the alternative form of flapdoodle.

Forms of flap doodle

pluralflap doodles

Questions about flap doodle

What does flap doodle mean?
Flap doodle means a spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.
What part of speech is flap doodle?
Flap doodle is a noun.
What is the plural of flap doodle?
The plural of flap doodle is flap doodles.

Words near flap doodle in the dictionary

  1. flaounes
  2. flap
  3. flap copies
  4. flap copy
  5. flap display
  6. flap doodle
  7. flap doodles
  8. flap gate
  9. flap gates
  10. flap off
  11. flap one's gums

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