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plapper

/ˈplæpə(ɹ)/

plapper verb: to make a flapping noise with the lips.

Verb

plapper (third-person singular simple present plappers, present participle plappering, simple past and past participle plappered)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
    • She took no notice while he read by rote a solfa fable for her, plappering flatly1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    • Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.2016, Stuart Walton, The First Day in Paradise

Forms of plapper

third-person singular presentplappers
present participleplappering
past participleplappered
pastplappered

Origin of plapper

Imitative.

Words that rhyme with plapper

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about plapper

What does plapper mean?
Plapper means to make a flapping noise with the lips.
What part of speech is plapper?
Plapper is a verb.
How do you pronounce plapper?
Plapper is pronounced /ˈplæpə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of plapper?
The past tense of plapper is plappered.

Words near plapper in the dictionary

  1. plap
  2. Plapcea
  3. plappart
  4. plapparts
  5. plapped
  6. plapper
  7. plappered
  8. plappering
  9. plappers
  10. plappert
  11. plapperts

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