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plapper

/ˈplæpə(ɹ)/

verb

To make a flapping noise with the lips.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

verbplapper (third-person singular simple present plappers, present participle plappering, simple past and past participle plappered)

present singular third person plappers · participle present plappering · participle past plappered · past plappered

intransitiverareTo make a flapping noise with the lips.
Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.
2016, Stuart Walton, The First Day in Paradise
2 more examples
She took no notice while he read by rote a solfa fable for her, plappering flatly
1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
But Marie's reaction when she saw Sam coming gave him pause. She immediately stepped away from Arik, combing her hair with her fingers nervously. She then gave him a smile to die for, threading her arm through his and plappering about […]
2020, Stefan Prebil, Icediamonds Trilogy Volume 2

Origin

Imitative.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plapper

rapper snapper trapper zapper dapper flapper clapper capper scrapper sapper slapper entrapper grapper schnapper strapper uncapper

Cite this entry

APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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