flappity

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interjection

Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.

    ‘Flappity, flappity, flappity,’ the thin man sang. ‘Cut it out,’ Grissom said.

    1991, Don Dickinson, Blue Husbands, page 66
    2 more examples

    Jest then in come Mrs. Pelto with one of them French sisters with the flappity caps, the same as 'ad been in the mornin', and come from the 'Ospital.

    1878, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown at the Paris exhibition, page 108

    ... I was mindful of the hissings and shoutings coming from the cave and thought an interesting foreign gentleman would be a good distraction for them, even if he did land up going flappity, flappity down the mountain on little webbed feet.

    2004, Nelson Mandela, editor, Favorite African Folktales, page 216

Origin

From flap + -ity.

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APA

flappity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappity

MLA

“flappity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flappity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flappity.

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