flapping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flapping	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flapping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flapping n the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flapping}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.] 1. To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope. 2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. {To flap in the mouth}, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.