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outflapped

outflapped is the simple past and past participle of outflap.

Meaning of outflap

Verb

outflap (third-person singular simple present outflaps, present participle outflapping, simple past and past participle outflapped)

  1. (dated, humorous, rare, transitive) To be more flapperish than.
    • […] outflap the flapper; it is more important and more becoming to be optimistic, active, young in thought, with due regard for the proprieties and expectations of years of discretion.1924, William Sebastian Walsh, The Mastery of Fear, page 189

Questions about outflapped

What is outflapped the simple past and past participle of?
Outflapped is the simple past and past participle of outflap.

Words near outflapped in the dictionary

  1. outflankers
  2. outflanking
  3. outflankings
  4. outflanks
  5. outflap
  6. outflapped
  7. outflapping
  8. outflaps
  9. outflare
  10. outflared
  11. outflares

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