Definition of Flip-flap

1. Adverb. With repeated strokes and noise. "Something going flip-flap in the night"

Definition of Flip-flap

1. Verb. To flop or flap about. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flip-flap

flintily
flintiness
flintinesses
flinting
flintings
flintlike
flintlock
flintlocks
flints
flintstone
flintstones
flintware
flintwood
flinty
flip
flip-flap (current term)
flip-flop
flip-flopped
flip-flopper
flip-floppers
flip-flopping
flip-flops
flip-in
flip-ins
flip-over disease
flip-screen
flip a bitch
flip angle
flip burgers
flip chart

Literary usage of Flip-flap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mary Dawson game book: a manual of original games and guessing contests by Mary Dawson (1916)
"Each time he gives a number which contains a flip, flap, instead of giving its name, ... According to this regulation if any one fails to give a flip-flap ..."

2. The modern gymnast by Charles Spencer (1866)
"Now for another good exercise of the same kind, which goes by the inscrutable cognomen of THE flip-flap (perhaps from somewhat resembling the flap of a ..."

3. The Technical World Magazine (1909)
"THE flip-flap—A NEW SENSATION By FRITZ MORRIS , O provide a new sensation is ... The latest of these thrillers is the "flip-flap," which has been one of the ..."

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