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flappity

flappity interjection: nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.

Interjection

  1. Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.
    • Jest then in come Mrs. Pelto with one of them French sisters with the flappity caps, the same as 'ad been in the mornin', and come from the 'Ospital.1878, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown at the Paris exhibition, page 108
    • ‘Flappity, flappity, flappity,’ the thin man sang. ‘Cut it out,’ Grissom said.1991, Don Dickinson, Blue Husbands, page 66

Origin of flappity

From flap + -ity.

Questions about flappity

What does flappity mean?
Flappity means nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.
What part of speech is flappity?
Flappity is an interjection.

Words near flappity in the dictionary

  1. flapping one's jaws
  2. flapping one's lips
  3. flappingly
  4. flappings
  5. flappish
  6. flappity
  7. flappy
  8. flaps
  9. flaps and seals
  10. flaps off
  11. flaps one's gums

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