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flip-flap

/flɪp.flæp/

flip-flap verb: to flop or flap about.

Verb

flip-flap (third-person singular simple present flip-flaps, present participle flip-flapping, simple past and past participle flip-flapped)

  1. To flop or flap about.

Noun

flip-flap (plural flip-flaps)

  1. The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
  2. (obsolete) A costermonger's dance.
  3. (obsolete) A form of somersault or cartwheel.
  4. (obsolete) A cracker.

Adverb

flip-flap (not comparable)

  1. With a repeated flapping movement.

flip-flap meaning in Bengali

flip-flap in Bengali

ঝাপটানো, ডানা ঝাপটানো, এক ধরণের ফেরিওয়ালাদের নাচ, এক ধরণের ডিগবাজি, একটি পটকা, বারবার ঝাপটানোর শব্দের সাথে

Forms of flip-flap

Verb
third-person singular presentflip-flaps
present participleflip-flapping
past participleflip-flapped
pastflip-flapped
Noun
pluralflip-flaps

Origin of flip-flap

Reduplication of flap.

Questions about flip-flap

What does flip-flap mean?
Flip-flap means to flop or flap about.
What is flip-flap in Bengali?
Flip-flap in Bengali is ঝাপটানো, ডানা ঝাপটানো, এক ধরণের ফেরিওয়ালাদের নাচ. See Flip-flap meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is flip-flap?
Flip-flap can be a verb, a noun or an adverb.
How do you pronounce flip-flap?
Flip-flap is pronounced /flɪp.flæp/.
What is the past tense of flip-flap?
The past tense of flip-flap is flip-flapped.

Words near flip-flap in the dictionary

  1. flip-disc display
  2. flip-disk display
  3. flip-dog
  4. flip-dogs
  5. flip-dot display
  6. flip-flap
  7. flip-flapped
  8. flip-flapping
  9. flip-flaps
  10. flip-flop
  11. flip-flop operator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flip-flap (page history and authors); flip-flap (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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