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flap one's lips

flap one's lips verb: synonym of flap one's gums (“talk without effect”).

Verb

flap one's lips (third-person singular simple present flaps one's lips, present participle flapping one's lips, simple past and past participle flapped one's lips)

  1. (US, colloquial) Synonym of flap one's gums (“talk without effect”).
    Synonyms:
    flap one's gums

Synonyms of flap one's lips

Forms of flap one's lips

third-person singular presentflaps one's lips
present participleflapping one's lips
past participleflapped one's lips
pastflapped one's lips

Questions about flap one's lips

What does flap one's lips mean?
Flap one's lips means synonym of flap one's gums (“talk without effect”).
What part of speech is flap one's lips?
Flap one's lips is a verb.
What is the past tense of flap one's lips?
The past tense of flap one's lips is flapped one's lips.

Words near flap one's lips in the dictionary

  1. flap gates
  2. flap off
  3. flap one's gums
  4. flap one's jaw
  5. flap one's jaws
  6. flap one's lips
  7. flap seat
  8. flap seats
  9. flap steak
  10. flap steaks
  11. flap-doodle

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