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Webster 1913 Edition


Flip-flap

Flip′-flapˊ

,
Noun.
[See
Flip
, and
Flap
.]
The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
Johnson.

Flip′-flapˊ

,
adv.
With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose.
Ash.

Definition 2024


flip-flap

flip-flap

English

Verb

flip-flap (third-person singular simple present flip-flaps, present participle flip-flapping, simple past and past participle flip-flapped)

  1. To flop or flap about.

Noun

flip-flap (plural flip-flaps)

  1. The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
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French

Noun

flip-flap m (plural flip-flap)

  1. (gymnastics) flip (frontflip or backflip)