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plappering

plappering is the present participle and gerund of plapper.

Meaning of plapper

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

Questions about plappering

What is plappering the present participle and gerund of?
Plappering is the present participle and gerund of plapper.

Words near plappering in the dictionary

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

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