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Flapping

Adjective

Definitionen

1.Adjectivethat flaps or flap
"flapping sails"
2.NounAn instance where one, or something, flaps.
3.NounA phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
4.NounThe situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
5.NounThe unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
6.Verbpresent participle and gerund of flap
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