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flappergast

flappergast is the archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Meaning of flabbergast

Verb

flabbergast (third-person singular simple present flabbergasts, present participle flabbergasting, simple past flabbergasted, past participle flabbergasted or flabbergast)

  1. (transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
    • He was flabbergasted to find that his work had been done for him before he began.
    Synonyms:
    flabbergaster

See all 3 meanings of flabbergast

Forms of flappergast

third-person singular presentflappergasts
present participleflappergasting
past participleflappergasted
pastflappergasted

Questions about flappergast

What is flappergast the archaic spelling of?
Flappergast is the archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Words near flappergast in the dictionary

  1. flapper skates
  2. flapper valve
  3. flapper valves
  4. flapperdom
  5. flapperesque
  6. flappergast
  7. flappergasted
  8. flappergasting
  9. flappergasts
  10. flapperhood
  11. flapperish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flappergast (page history and authors); flabbergast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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