Used in a Sentence

flapping

How to use flapping in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for flapping.

Editorial note

"Gaspar waved the guess away with a flapping hand.

Examples12
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the motion made by flapping up and down

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flapping gathered in one view.

noun

the motion made by flapping up and down

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flapping.

Example sentences

1

"Gaspar waved the guess away with a flapping hand.

2

In the sketch, they look very meaty indeed, and their speech sounds like flapping meat, so that it does not work at all.

3

His motion looks like a kite, when he's flapping wildly the front of his chest stays pretty stable and looks like it's anchored.

4

Someone like me or someone like these clowns that are flapping their jaws without having access to the evidence?

5

The most likely candidate to me seems some fringe right-wing types flapping their mouths in an internet forum.

6

With partitions, at least I don't have to watch the office gumbies milling around flapping their arms and smacking their pieholes.

7

Other issues are BGP flapping, resulting in scary percentages of lost traffic.

8

Think of flight: inventing flapping machines didn't turn out to be very useful, but we figured out a workaround that was far more efficient.

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As bird wingspans decrease, flapping frequency increases and flight endurance decreases, as with pigeons, hummingbirds, and flying insects.

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* Once, a Chef misconfiguration left the whole cluster flapping on and off, which corrupted the cluster; they recovered with Basho support.

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I remember watching some cartoon where some aliens are watching humans converse and they interrupt by saying "ritual gum flapping time is over".

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- you learn to fly by flapping your arms fast enough - you then learn to pee burning gasoline - then, you fly around New York, setting everybody you see on fire, until people make you emperor.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use flapping in a sentence?

"Gaspar waved the guess away with a flapping hand.

What does flapping mean?

the motion made by flapping up and down

What part of speech is flapping?

flapping is commonly used as noun.