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flappy

flappy adjective: that flaps.

Adjective

flappy (comparative flappier, superlative flappiest)

  1. that flaps
    • The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin.2008, Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water
    • Two adorable fashion boys eagerly welcomed us, one in a schoolboy outfit and the other floating around in a flappy white smock-cape.2009 July 23, Mike Albo, “A Neighborhood for Aspirations”, in New York Times

Forms of flappy

comparativeflappier
superlativeflappiest

Origin of flappy

From flap + -y.

Words that rhyme with flappy

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flappy

What does flappy mean?
Flappy means that flaps.
What part of speech is flappy?
Flappy is an adjective.

Words near flappy in the dictionary

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

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