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flip-flapping

flip-flapping is the present participle and gerund of flip-flap.

Meaning of flip-flap

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.

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Questions about flip-flapping

What is flip-flapping the present participle and gerund of?
Flip-flapping is the present participle and gerund of flip-flap.

Words near flip-flapping in the dictionary

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

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