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outflaps

outflaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outflaps

What is outflaps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outflaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outflap.

Words near outflaps in the dictionary

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

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