outflap

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verb

To be more flapperish than.

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Meanings

verboutflap (third-person singular simple present outflaps, present participle outflapping, simple past and past participle outflapped)

present singular third person outflaps · participle present outflapping · participle past outflapped · past outflapped

  1. datedhumorousraretransitiveTo be more flapperish than.

    […] outflap the flapper; it is more important and more becoming to be optimistic, active, young in thought, with due regard for the proprieties and expectations of years of discretion.

    1924, William Sebastian Walsh, The Mastery of Fear, page 189
    1 more example

    A morbid terror of being thought learned seemed from that moment to possess Clifton, and to make up for her neglected youth she began to outflap the veriest flapper in a stern resolve not to be taken seriously.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Origin

From out- + flap.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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