flip-flap

/flɪp.flæp/

verb

To flop or flap about.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person flip-flaps · participle present flip-flapping · participle past flip-flapped · past flip-flapped

  1. To flop or flap about.
nounflip-flap (plural flip-flaps)

plural flip-flaps

  1. The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
  2. obsoleteA costermonger's dance.
  3. obsoleteA form of somersault or cartwheel.
  4. obsoleteA cracker.
adverbflip-flap (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith a repeated flapping movement.

Origin

Reduplication of flap.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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