flapping
/ˈflæpɪŋ/
flapping adjective: that flaps or flap. Also the present participle and gerund of flap.
Adjective
flapping (not comparable)
- that flaps or flap
- flapping sails
Noun
flapping (countable and uncountable, plural flappings)
- An instance where one, or something, flaps.
- The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 24
- A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
- The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
- Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing. By the early twentieth century, however, a form of dog racing held in 'flapping tracks' was a common pastime in the wastelands near working-class areas of industrial cities.2009, Mark Clapson, The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Twentieth Century, page 332
- Flapping is racing which is not licensed by the Jockey Club. […] Anyone found participating in, or even attending, flapping races is liable to be warned off.2016, Gerald Hammond, The Language of Horse Racing, page 81
Also used as
flapping is also the present participle and gerund of flap.
flapping meaning in Urdu and Nepali
flapping in Urdu
- فلاپ کرنا
flapping in Nepali
- फ्ल्यापिङ, फ्लापिङ, फ्ल्यापिङ गर्दै
Forms of flapping
| plural | flappings |
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Words formed from flapping
Phrases with flapping
Words that rhyme with flapping
- lapping
- strapping
- tapping
- napping
- rapping
- slapping
- trapping
- wrapping
- chapping
- clapping
- fapping
- frapping
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Questions about flapping
- What does flapping mean?
- Flapping means that flaps or flap.
- What is flapping in Urdu?
- Flapping in Urdu is فلاپ کرنا. See Flapping meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is flapping?
- Flapping can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce flapping?
- Flapping is pronounced /ˈflæpɪŋ/.
Words near flapping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flapping (page history and authors); flapping (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flapping (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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