flappable

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adjective

Able to be moved by flapping.

“a flappable wing”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

flappable1

adjectiveflappable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAble to be moved by flapping.

    a flappable wing

flappable2

adjectiveflappable (comparative more flappable, superlative most flappable)

comparative more flappable · superlative most flappable

  1. informalCapable of becoming flustered or upset.
    1 more example

    ‘Yes. Not as much as Ruth, but I read some myself afterward. You sound better aloud. Good deal of authentic mania, there, black and blue wit, pain—the fellow going on to fresh defeats, flappable, flappable. Surviving however. I bought a lot of the little I could understand. Do you write when you're drunk?’

    1973, John Berryman, Recovery, Macmillan, →ISBN

Origin

flappable · adjective

From flap + -able.

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flappable · adjective

Back-formation from unflappable.

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APA

flappable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappable

MLA

“flappable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flappable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappable.

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