flapdoodlery

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noun

Nonsense, flapdoodle.

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Meanings

nounflapdoodlery (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableNonsense, flapdoodle.

    “You can’t pull any bunk like that on us!” roared Quelch. “We’ve had enough of this flapdoodlery! Take your money, Mrs. Clinton, and sign the deed.”

    1927, Arthur Train, When Tutt Meets Tutt, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 47

    Synonyms: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNonsense, flapdoodle.

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Origin

From flapdoodle + -ery.

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APA

flapdoodlery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapdoodlery

MLA

“flapdoodlery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapdoodlery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flapdoodlery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapdoodlery.

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